49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. …
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. …
Commentary
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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