A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
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A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
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And the people sate aboute hym and sayde vnto him: beholde thy mother and thy brethren seke for the with out.
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And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they…
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
Ver. 32. {See Trapp on "Mat 12:47"} {See Trapp on "Mat 12:48"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For whosoever shall do the will of God,.... By…
For whosoever shall do the will of God,.... By believing in Christ, receiving him as a Saviour and Redeemer, and submitting to him in all his ordinances, as King of saints:
the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother: such are openly, and manifestly related to Christ in a spiritual sense; and are as dear to him, and more so, than such persons are who stand in such a relation to others, or did to him according to the flesh. And this shows not only the near relation, and strong affection which Christ has for his people, but that he is not ashamed of them; and it may be concluded, that he will resent, in the keenest manner, every injury that is done them; See Gill on Mat 12:50.
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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The brethren of our Lord were not the children…
The brethren of our Lord were not the children of the blessed Virgin: nor were they the sons of St. Joseph by a former wife, as some pretend; but in the Scripture language, and in this place, we understand by brethren the relatives of Mary and Joseph. (Ven. Bede)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. Seek for thee — As we learn by…
32. Seek for thee — As we learn by Mat_13:54, that he soon visited Nazareth, it is very probable that the object of this visit was to prevail on him to come to the home of his childhood. He did indeed visit Nazareth, but with a very different effect from what they might have expected. The Nazarenes challenged him to do the same miracles over which he had done in Capernaum; but such were the conditions of the challenge that he repelled and rejected it. Compare notes on Mat_12:46-50.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. seek for thee] They had already left the…
32. seek for thee] They had already left the place where they abode, and gone forth in quest of Him; see above, Mar_3:21.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) Thy mother and thy brethren.—Many MSS. of high…
(32) Thy mother and thy brethren.—Many MSS. of high authority add, “and Thy sisters,” and so explain the emphatic addition of that word in Mar_3:35.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.