46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
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Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 46-50)Many excellent, useful sayings came from the mouth of our Lord Jesus upon particular occasions; even his digressions were instructive, as well as his set discourses: as here, Observe, I. How Christ was interrupted in his preaching by his mother and his brethren , that stood without, desiring to speak with him ( Matt. 12:40 , 47 ); which desire of theirs was conveyed to him through the crowd. It is…
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