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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

The mother and the brethren of Jesus. The annoyance and hindrance of a moment are turned to eternal gain to the cause of truth. I. FAMILY INFLUENCES MAY INJURE SPIRITUAL USEFULNESS . They are powerful either way. They operate subtly and constantly. A tendency to narrowness in the family tie, which requires to be checked. Much of this influence which is adverse to Christian life is unconsciously so. Yet the intensest forms of hatred to truth and goodness are exhibited within... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

Kinship to Jesus. I. FIRST THAT WHICH IS NATURAL , AFTERWARDS THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL . This is one order. Our spiritual being is built up on a natural basis. Slowly the bud of the higher being unfolds from the plant of earthly root. Through the home to the Church; by the love of mother and brother and sister, to the love of God and of all. II. FIRST THE SPIRITUAL , AFTERWARDS THE NATURAL . This is the order in another way. The end of our being is in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

Parallel passages: Matthew 12:46-50 ; Luke 8:19-21 .— The real relationship. I. NO SLIGHT INTENDED . The crowd that sat around prevented his relatives reaching him; they therefore sent a message, to which his reply cannot with any propriety be twisted into an expression of contempt. His obedience to his parents in the humble home at Nazareth during the years of youth, and his tender solicitude for his apparently widowed mother when, as he hung on the cross, he commended her to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:34

Looking round on them περιβλεψάμενος which sat round about him . Here is one of the graphic touches of St. Mark, reproduced, it may be, from St. Peter. Our Lord's intellectual and loving eye swept the inner circle of his disciples. The twelve, of course, would be with him, and others with them. His enemies were not far off. But immediately about him were those who constituted his chosen ones. As man, he had his human affections and his earthly relationships; but as the Son of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:35

Divine relationships. I. HOW FAR RESEMBLING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS . 1 . In laying down the condition of Divine relationship , Christ does not absolutely displace human relationships. It would have been hard for him so to do, since men were being addressed, and the relationships sustained by them would depend upon the religious sanction they might possess for the measure of honor and faithful observance they would receive. That the terms of human relationship were still... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 3:31-35

Mark 3:31-35. There came then his brethren and his mother Having at length made their way through the crowd, so as to come to the door. His brethren are here named first, as being first and most earnest in the design of taking him; for neither did these of his brethren believe on him. They sent to him, calling him They sent one into the house, who called him aloud by name. Looking round on them who sat about him With the utmost sweetness: he said, Behold my mother and my brethren... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:32

sat = was sitting. Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos App-6 . Greek. idou . App-133 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:34

looked round about = after casting His glance round. ADivine supplemental detail. Occ, only in Mark. sat = were sitting, Behold . Greek. ide. App-133 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:35

do = have done. the will. Greek. to thelema . See App-102 . God. App-98 . read more

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