1. Post haec autem ambulabat 1. After these things Jesus Iesus in Galilaeam, non enim walked in Galilee, for he volebat in Iudaeam ambulare, would not walk in Judea, quia quaerebant eum Iudaei because the Jews sought to interficere. kill him. 1. Instead of “Galilaeam,” “Judaeam,” read “Galilea,” “Judaea” (Abl.) in the Vulgate. The sense is that Christ continues to remain in Galilee. 2. Erat autem in proximo dies 2. Now the Jews’ feast of festus Iudaeorum scenopegia. tabernacles was at hand. 2. See note on verse 1. 3. Dixerunt autem ad eum 3. And his brethren said to fratres eius: Transi hinc, et him: Pass from hence and go vade in Iudaeam, ut et into Judea: that thy disciples discipuli tui videant opera also may see thy works which tua, quae facis. thou dost. 3. *His brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.* Who are these brethren of Jesus? (1) Not the children of Joseph and Mary, born to them after the birth of our Lord, for this opinion of Helvidius was condemned as _heretical_ in the Council of Lateran (649 A.D.), and is opposed to the universal and constant tradition of the Church.(61) (2) Not the children of Joseph by a previous marriage; for this opinion too, though not heretical, and though held by some of the fathers, is opposed to the common opinion of Catholics, according to which St. Joseph lived and died a virgin. (3) These brethren were _cousins_ of our Lord. The term “fratres” (ἀδελφοὶ) is used in the Sacred Scriptures of many who are not children of the same parents. Thus it is used of fellow‐countrymen, Rom. ix. 3, 4; (2) of co‐religionists, Rom. i. 13; (3) of relations who were not, however, members of the same family, Gen. xiii. 8, xiv. 4. In these verses of Genesis, Abraham and Lot are referred to as _brethren_, though the former was uncle to the latter (Gen. xii. 5). In Matthew xiii. 55, Mark vi. 3, James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude, are named as brethren of our Lord; but whether they are the same cousins who are referred to here by St. John, is disputed. Of those mentioned by SS. Matthew and Mark, James, Jude, and probably Simon, were Apostles;(62) and hence, on account of verse 5, some say it is not these, but other cousins of our Lord, who are here referred to by St. John. However, there need be no difficulty about admitting that the faith of the Apostles was still imperfect, especially if we adopt what seems the more probable reading in vi. 70. See Matthew xvii. 19, 20; Mark xvi. 15. These brethren of the Lord say to Him, that He ought to go up to Jerusalem, where there would be a concourse of people to witness His miracles.