For it is certain, that they did not at first believe him, but, as appears from the 7th chap.

of John, derided him.

Besides, neither did his mother nor his brethren, when they came to the house where he was preaching to simple and credulous men, come for the purpose of being edified, but "to lay hold of him," to carry him home, for said they he is mad, or "beside himself [Mark iii.
24] which certainly they would not have dared to do, if this story of Luke's were true.

For their mother would have taught them of his miraculous conception, and extraordinary character.

Moreover, how was it that God did not give him the throne of David, as was promised by the Angel to his Mother?
For he did not sit upon the throne of David, nor exercise any authority in Israel.