Mark 3:31 (BSB)
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
Commentary on Mark 3:31
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 3:31-35: Here is, 1. The disrespect which Christ's kindred, according to the flesh, showed to him, when he was preaching (and they knew very well that he was then in his element); they not only stood without, having no desire to come in, and hear him, but they sent in a message to call him out to them (Mar 3:31, Mar 3:32), as if he must...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 3:31: And he looked round about on them which sat about him,.... To find out his disciples among them, and point them out particularly, by stretching forth his hand towards them: and said, behold my mother and my brethren: not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; his mother, because, in regeneration, he was formed in them; his brethren, because, by adoption, his God was...
- William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Mark 3:31: Observe here, 1. The truth and verity of Christ's human nature; he had affinity and consanguinity with men, persons near in blood to him by the mother's side, called here his brethren; that is, his kinsmen. Observe, 2. That the mother of Christ, though she was a blessed and holy woman, yet she was not free from sin, but failures and infirmities are found with her.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 3:31: There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. (q) By the name "brother" the Hebrews understand all that are of the same stock and blood.