Matthew 13:55,Matthew 13:56

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:54-58

"The carpenter's Son." Jesus returns to Nazareth after having taught and wrought miracles in many places, and follows his usual method of preaching even in the synagogue of this town of his boyhood. Of all fields of labour this is the most difficult, and we cannot be surprised that the result is disappointing. The one thing that all hearers think of is the well known homely up bringing of the great Prophet, and their familiar knowledge of this is enough to destroy the influence of his words... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:55

Is not this the carpenter's son? In Mark, "the carpenter, the son of Mary," which may possibly be a doctrinal correction, made to avoid representing our Lord as the son of Joseph, but is more probably the earlier form of the narrative (due to immediate and, perhaps, local knowledge), which St. Matthew, or one of those who transmitted the source he used, avoided out of a feeling of reverence. In the Apocryphal Gospels our Lord is not represented as a carpenter himself, but as helping Joseph... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:55

Unexpected learning in a carpenter's son. "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son?" The Jews never despised handicrafts, and this expression must not be explained as scorning Jesus because he was a carpenter's son, or a carpenter. What is in the minds of these scorners is that he was nothing but a carpenter ; he had received no training whatever in the rabbinical schools. He was no educated and authorized rabbi, and that they knew very... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 13:55-56

Is not this the carpenter’s son? - Mark says, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary?” Both these expressions would probably be used in the course of the conversation, and Matthew has recorded one and Mark the other. The expression recorded by Mark is a strong, perhaps decisive proof that he had himself worked at the business until he was 30 years of age. The people in the neighborhood would understand well the nature of his early employments. It is therefore almost certain that this had... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:53-55

Matthew 13:53-55. When Jesus had finished these parables Namely, those last mentioned, delivered in the house, which he added to the others spoken before in public; he departed thence, (see Mark 6:1,) and came once more into his own country Namely, Nazareth: but with no better success than he had had there before: for though he preached in their synagogue with such wisdom and eloquence that they were astonished, and also performed some miracles, yet the Nazarenes were not disposed to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:53-58

61. Jesus rejected at Nazareth (Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6)It is not clear whether this visit of Jesus to Nazareth is the same as that referred to in Luke 4:16-30 or another visit. If it was a second visit, it would have taken place a year later, but the result was the same as on the previous occasion. The people were surprised that a person they had known only as a carpenter could preach so well, but they refused to accept the evidence and admit that this one was indeed God (Matthew... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:55

and. Note the Figure of speech P olysyndeton ( App-6 ), emphasizing each one individually. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 13:55

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?Well, there it is. This was the first council of unbelief ever held against Jesus the Son of God. It occurred not in some ivory tower of learning, nor in some gathering of wise and learned men, ah, no! It occurred in the wretched and miserable village of Nazareth; and the protagonists of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:55

Matthew 13:55. Is not this the carpenter's son?— In St. Mark, Mar 6:3 it is, Is not this the carpenter? 'Ο τεκτων ; Accordingly Justin Martyr tells us, and the ancient Christians were all of the same opinion, that Jesus was employed in this occupation. Their canons required that all parents should teach their children some trade; and probablythe poverty of the family engaged Christ, while he was at home with Joseph, to work at his. What an additional proof this, of the humiliation of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 13:55

55. Is not this the carpenter's son?—In Mark (Mark 6:3) the question is, "Is not this the carpenter?" In all likelihood, our Lord, during His stay under the roof of His earthly parents, wrought along with His legal father. is not his mother called Mary?—"Do we not know all about His parentage? Has He not grown up in the midst of us? Are not all His relatives our own townsfolk? Whence, then, such wisdom and such miracles?" These particulars of our Lord's human history constitute the most... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:54-58

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:55

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 13:55

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 13:55-56

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:53-55

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:53-58

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 13:55

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 13:55

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:55

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 13:55

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