Jerome, on Matt 12:46

“As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.”

“He did not then, as Marcion and Manichæus say, disown His mother, so as to be thought to be born of a phantasm, but He preferred His Apostles to His kindred, that we also in a comparison of our affections should set the spirit before the flesh.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.