...Contempt, for ' he was despised of men.' They despised him for the obscurity of his birth, and asked, ' of the quick and dead. As a reward of his obedience to the death, he rece is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?' They despised him for the meanness of his occupation...

...the bread which came down from heaven;' and they went on to ask among themselves, contemptuously, ' Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?' &c. Dr. Wiseman has totally misapprehended the character of these men ; he has confounded them with...

...raise him up at the last day. The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, is not this Jesus,...son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur...

...him up at the last day. The Jews then 41 murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of 42 Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?...

...turn to St. John we cannot but remember that the Gospel which records so frankly the Jews' question, ' Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? ' if it nowhere refers directly to the Virgin-Birth, yet goes further than any other Gospel in asserting...

...which has come down). The quotation, he claims, refers to himself. The Jews object with the words, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know' (a parallel to Mark 6.3). Jesus then quotes a prophetic text (Isa 54.13), 'And they shall all be taught...

...John's Gospel uses Joseph to help identify Jesus to Nathanael (John l .45) and the Jews ask themselves: 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?' (John 6.42) (see Brothers of Jesus) Joseph (Joses) This Joseph was the brother of James III and, probably,...

...many respects like anyone else, and whose family was 42 well known, provoked incredulity and censure. "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?" 1 3 Jesus recogn ized this obstacle to belief and accepted the consequence that only some would be...

...grumble about Him because He said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." 2They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" "Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. ^"No...

...many respects like anyone else, and whose family was 42 well known, provoked incredulity and censure. "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?"1 3 Jesus recognized this obstacle to belief and accepted the consequence that only some would...