The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 13:56

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And his sisters. Mentioned only here and in the parallel passage in Mark. Their names are quite unknown. Are they not all. There were several, at any rate not less than three, Matthew alone has all. With us?

Mark expressly adds "here;" i.e. in Nazareth. Whence then hath this Man all these things? (verse 54, note).

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