Matthew 12:46-50

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:47

‘And one said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.” ’ Someone comes and tells Jesus that his mother and brothers are outside wanting to speak to Him. According to Jewish custom this would be seen as a primary matter. Family loyalty was considered to be extremely important. The natural reading here is to see these as His younger brothers. (Had they been elder step-brothers it would have invalidated the claim in Matthew 1:1-17. It was only... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:48-49

‘But he answered and said to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?” And he stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!” ’ But in the new age everything is seen from a different perspective and Jesus asks, “Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?” And then He stretches out His hand towards the disciple and declares that it is they who are His mother and brothers. He is saying that in the Kingly Rule of God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:50

“For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.” The new household of God is made up of all who do the will of His Father, that is those who have heard His own words and are responding to His teaching because they have repented and entered under the Kingly Rule of Heaven (Matthew 7:21-27). It is they who are now His new relations, under their Father in Heaven Who is Father of them all. They are the community spoken to in the Sermon on the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:43-50

Matthew 12:43-Philippians : . The connexion of Matthew 12:43 is with Matthew 12:30, as is shown by Lk.; neutrality in the spiritual life cannot last. The point of the illustration is that the Jews had felt the influence of John and Jesus, but were in danger of relapsing into a worse state than ever, if they did not submit themselves entirely to that coming of the Holy Spirit which was the proper continuation of the work begun by the two preachers. Matthew 12:44 . empty: i.e. free from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:46-50

Mark repeateth the same passage, Mark 3:31-35. Luke repeateth it more shortly, Luke 8:20,Luke 8:21. Both Mark and Luke say more than one spake to our Saviour; first one, then others. Thy mother and thy brethren: most interpreters think brethren here signifieth no more than some of his kindred, whom the Hebrews usually called brethren. By the following words of our Saviour, Matthew 12:48-50, we must not understand that our Saviour slighted his mother or brethren, we are elsewhere taught what... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 12:46-50

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 12:46. His brethren.—See on Matthew 13:55. Desiring to speak with Him.—A motive is assigned (Mark 3:21). It would seem that the Pharisees, on the pretext that Jesus had a demon, had persuaded His friends to secure Him (Carr).MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Matthew 12:46-50True kinsfolk.—What was thought of earthly kinship by the Saviour of all? We have some answer to this question in what is told us about Him as a citizen of the world. As an Israelite Himself He had a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:46-50

Matthew 12:46-50 Jesus and His Brethren. Consider: I. the brethren of the boyhood of Jesus. Christ was born into the home and was to live in a brotherhood, with no opportunity for exclusiveness permitted Him. He acted and was acted upon by the brotherhood of the home and the neighbourhood. That He passed stainlessly at length into His manhood, ought to go for something as a declaration of the mysterious virtue that He was. Having been made like unto His brethren, and lived sinlessly under the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:50

Matthew 12:50 We have here two things a character and a blessing. I. "Whosoever shall do the will of God." So, then, God has a will. This thought, familiar as it is to us, was a thought to which man by searching could not attain. God is no mere personification or idealization of accident or destiny. God is no mechanical setter in motion or preserver in motion of the wheel of nature or the world of being. (1) God has a will concerning our condition. The will of God is that we should become a new... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 12:46-50

DISCOURSE: 1359CHRIST’S REGARD TO HIS OBEDIENT FOLLOWERSMatthew 12:46-50. While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren: for whosoever... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 12:46

While Rejected by Israel, His "kinsmen according to the flesh" (cf) Romans 9:3 our Lord intimates the formation of the new family of faith which, overstepping mere racial claims, receives "whosoever" will be His disciple. ; Matthew 12:49; Matthew 12:50; John 6:28; John 6:29. For Another Point of View: See Topic 301191 Additional Factors to Consider: See Topic 301372 read more