It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.
Her firstborn son ... "This means that there were other children born to Mary after this.  If Luke had believed in the perpetual virginity of Mary he most likely would have used "only born" ([@monogene]) rather than "firstborn" ([@prototokon])."[11] Both Mark and Matthew named four sons called "brothers" of Jesus; and there was utterly no indication by either sacred writer that "brothers" was to be construed otherwise than in the ordinary sense.   (Matthew 13:55;  Mark 6:3).  This writer feels no compulsion toward accommodation with the superstitions that arose with reference to Mary's perpetual virginity.  Strong agreement is felt with Childer's comment: