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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
But observe, I pray you, the power of Christ. Of those who said these things, one became first Bishop of Jerusalem, the blessed James, of whom Paul saith, "Other of the Apostles saw I none, save James, the Lord's brother"; and Judas also is said to have been a marvelous man. And yet these persons had been present also at Cana, when the wine was made, but as yet they profited nothing. Whence then had they so great unbelief? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Why did the Evangelist, out of the five months of activity, recount nothing other than the miracle of the loaves and the Lord's discourse to those who were fed but ungrateful, and, passing over the rest, said: "the feast of the Jews was at hand, the feast of tabernacles"? That he passed over in silence the deeds performed during the five months is evident from the following. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
The Evangelist tells why they said this when he says, For not even his brethren believed in him. For sometimes blood relatives are very hostile to one of their own, and are jealous of his spiritual goods. They may even despise him. Thus Augustine says: "They could have Christ as a relative, but in that very closeness they refused to believe in him." "A man's enemies are in his own house" (Mi 7:6); "He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances, like strangers, have gone from me. …
Bonaventure
"For neither did his brothers believe in him:" above in chapter four: "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country"; above in chapter one: "He came unto his own, and his own received him not," and this on account of familiarity; for this reason, because he was familiar to his brothers, they did not believe in him.
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