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From Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.26.2, regarding the Ebionites’ view of Jesus’s birth:
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“Those who are called Ebionites agree that the world was made by God; but their opinions with respect to the Lord are similar to those of Cerinthus and Carpocrates… they represent Him as having been the son of Joseph and Mary according to the ordinary course of human generations.
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From Hippolytus of Rome (Refutation of All Heresies 7.22), further detailing the Ebionite belief regarding the biological lineage of Jesus:
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“They affirm that Jesus was the son of Joseph and Mary, and that he was begotten after the same manner as all other men… and that he was justified by his practice of the Law, and was therefore named the Christ of God.”
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From Epiphanius, Panarion 30.14.3–4, recording the Ebionite teaching on the lineage of Jesus:
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“They too [the Ebionites] say that he [Jesus] was not begotten of God the Father, but created as one of the archangels… but that he was the son of Joseph and Mary and was a mere man.”
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From Theodoret of Cyrus (Compendium of Heretical Fables 2.1), writing in the 5th Century, summarizing the two branches of the Ebionites and their consistent stance on Jesus’s parentage:
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“The first of these [the Ebionites] say that he was the son of Joseph and Mary, born after the manner of other men, and that he excelled others only in the virtue of his soul and the purity of his life.”
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From Epiphanius, Panarion 30.13.7–8, quoting the Gospel of the Ebionites (their Hebrew version of Matthew):
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“And when he [Jesus] came up out of the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove… And a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased’; and again, ‘This day have I begotten thee.’”