A brother by the same mother, a uterine brother, Matt. iv,
21; xx, 20. 2. A brother, though not by the same mother, Matt. i, 2. 3.
A near kinsman, a cousin, Matt. xiii, 55; Mark vi, 3. Observe, that in
Matt. xiii, 55, James, and Joses, and Judas, are called the ἀδελφοὶ,
_brethren_, of Christ, but were most probably only his cousins by his
mother’s side; for James and Joses were the sons of Mary, Matt. xxvii,
56; and James and Judas, the sons of Alpheus, Luke vi, 15, 16; which
Alpheus is therefore probably the same with Cleopas, the husband of
Mary, sister to our Lord’s mother, John xix, 25.
21; xx, 20. 2. A brother, though not by the same mother, Matt. i, 2. 3.
A near kinsman, a cousin, Matt. xiii, 55; Mark vi, 3. Observe, that in
Matt. xiii, 55, James, and Joses, and Judas, are called the ἀδελφοὶ,
_brethren_, of Christ, but were most probably only his cousins by his
mother’s side; for James and Joses were the sons of Mary, Matt. xxvii,
56; and James and Judas, the sons of Alpheus, Luke vi, 15, 16; which
Alpheus is therefore probably the same with Cleopas, the husband of
Mary, sister to our Lord’s mother, John xix, 25.