John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:21
And he answered and said unto them ,.... Not to his mother and brethren, but to those that told him of them, who either designed to reproach him with them, by reason of the meanness of them, or to interrupt him in his work: my mother and my brethren are these ; pointing to his disciples: which hear the word of God ; which he had been preaching, and was meant by the seed in the preceding parable: and do it ; behave in their lives and conversations agreeably to it; and observe the... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 8:20
And it was told him by certain, which said ,.... The phrase, "which said", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Beza's most ancient copy. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions only read, "and they said unto him"; and the Persic version renders it, "a certain person said"; some one person, as in Matthew 12:47 thy mother, and thy brethren, stand without, desiring to see thee; and to speak with thee, as in Matthew 12:47 . See Gill on Matthew 12:47 . read more