[Meaning] the apostles, as men bearing the name brothers of Christ. For he says, "Say to my brothers, 'I go before you into Galilee.'"[1] But [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'sons of rams', [meaning] those of the gentiles who have believed, inasmuch as they were begotten from unreasoning fathers. David [says]: "bring to the Lord sons of rams."[2] But [sc. also attested is] 'sons of those who have been expelled', [meaning] those having been exceedingly distressed. David says: "just as arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man, so [are] sons of those who have been expelled."[3]