16/23 The evangelist, hearing these four sons of Cleophas called "brothers of the Lord," has placed by mistake their names in the passage _Matt._ xiii. 3, instead of the names of the real brothers, which have always remained obscure. In this matter we may explain how the character of the personages called "brothers of the Lord," of James, for instance, is so different from that of the real brothers of Jesus as they are seen delineated in John vii. |