Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us? ’ So they were offended by him.
When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, ‘Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed #– #
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, , to a servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel #– #and he has chosen you.’
Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ‘Tell these things to James and the brothers,’ he said, and he left and went to another place.