Luke 8:20
Douay-Rheims
And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
George Leo Haydock
These brethren were not the sons of the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, as Helvidius wickedly taught; nor yet the sons of Joseph, by another wife; for, as St. Jerome writeth, not only Mary, but Joseph also, observed virginity. (Contra Helvidium, chap. ix. et ibidem, chap. viii.) — In the scriptural idiom, cousins are called brethren. (Bristow)
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1849 · Luke 8:20
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