Mark 3:31-4:12 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 3:31-35

3:31-35 His mother and his brothers came. They stood outside and sent someone in with a message to him. The crowd were sitting round him. "Look!" they said, "your mother and your brothers are outside inquiring for you." "Who" he answered, "is my mother and my brothers?" He looked round those who were sitting in a circle round about him. "Look!" he said, "my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will, he is my brother, my sister and my mother." Here Jesus lays down the conditions of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 3:31

There came then his brethren and his mother ,.... At the same time he was speaking to the Scribes, who seem to be different persons from his friends and kinsmen, Mark 3:21 , and standing without ; for Christ was within, in the house, talking with the Scribes and Pharisees, and preaching to the people; and the crowd being so great, that they could not get into the house; they sent unto him, calling him : they not only sent one in to let him know who they were, and that they were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:31

His brethren and his mother - Or rather, his mother and his brethren. This is the arrangement of the best and most ancient MSS.; and this clause, και αἱ αδελφαι σου , and thy sisters, Mark 3:32 , should be Added, on the authority of ADEFGMSUV, fifty-five others, some editions, the margin of the later Syriac, Slavonic, Gothic, and all the Itala except four. Griesbach has received this reading into the text. Calling him - This clause is wanting in one copy of the Itala. The Codex... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-35

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:7-35

Retirement. In the calm and successful prosecution of his work, Jesus has excited various feelings in the minds of the different classes around him. He has wrought many miracles—all of them miracles of mercy; almost all, so far as recorded, miracles of healing. Of necessity his presence is hailed by the throngs of needy and suffering ones, and "his name is as ointment poured forth" to the multitudes who have proved his rower to heal. These cannot be restrained from publishing his fame... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-33

Our Lord's brethren and his mother had now arrived to look after him. He was in the house teaching; but the crowd was so great that they could not approach him. The multitude filled not only the room, but the courtyard and all the approaches. St. Luke (Lujke Luke 8:19 ) says," they could not come at him for the crowd." His brethren here spoken of were in all probability his cousins, the sons of Mary, the wife of Alphaeus or Clopas. But two of these, already chosen to be apostles, were most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

Kindred of Christ. The feeling with regard to Christ had, by this time, become extremely strong. On the one hand, the people generally were deeply interested in his teaching, were eager spectators of his mighty works, and in many cases were much attached to himself. Hence the crowd which thronged the house where Jesus was engaged in teaching—a crowd so dense that none from the outside could approach the Master. On the other hand, the opposition to the Prophet of Nazareth was growing and... read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 3:31-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 3:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:7-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:31-35

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