Why is it easier to trust and to believe in someone that we are not close to or related too? God walked among men and they believed Him not…unfathomable to us? Don’t we do the same with the Holy Spirit?
He dwells in us and we hear Him not. Amazing!
Jesus’ siblings mentioned in this verse may be Mary and Joseph’s children or Joseph’s children by another, deceased, wife (making him a widower prior to marrying Mary). Faithlife Bible.
The fact that Joseph is not mentioned here may indicate that he had died. Mark mentions Jesus’ four brothers by name as well as His sisters. One brother, James, did not trust Christ prior to His crucifixion (John 7:5), but seems to have come to faith after Jesus’ resurrection (Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:7). He later became the leader of the church in Jerusalem (Acts 15:13; Gal. 1:19) and wrote the Epistle of James. Judas later authored the Book of Jude (Jude 1). NKJ Bible.
Mark 6:1–4 (NKJV)
6 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! 3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him.
4 But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.”
Matthew 13:54 (NKJV)
54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Matthew 13:57 (NKJV)
57 So they were offended at Him.
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
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