ACC ~ John 7 v3

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: His brothers, being led by their human thoughts, spoke these words to him. They wanted him to reveal himself before everybody through his signs so that they might also be glorified through him. They did not possess a perfect faith in him if they believed that he needed to reveal himself completely before everybody concerning the nature hidden in him and that he had to be exalted over everybody. COMMENTARY ON JOHN 3 (7:1-5). [1]

[1] CSCO 4 3:154-55. Augustine understands the brothers to be blood relatives rather than siblings,preserving Mary’s perpetual virginity; see Tractates on the Gospel of John 28.3 (NPNF 1 7:179).

JESUS’ BROTHERS WANT TO SHARE LIMELIGHT