Matthew 12:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren! ”

• Matthew 12:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See also Mark 3:31-35 ; Luke 8:19-21 . His brethren - There has been some difference of opinion about the persons who are referred to here, some supposing that they were children of Mary his...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (11) And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! (11) None are more near unto us than they that are of the household of faith.

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• Matthew 12:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The connexion of Matthew 12:43 is with Matthew 12:30 , as is shown by Lk.; neutrality in the spiritual life cannot last. The point of the illustration is that the Jews had felt the influence of Jo...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  stretched forth His hand toward . He pointed to.

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• Matthew 12:49 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1359 CHRIST’S REGARD TO HIS OBEDIENT FOLLOWERS Matthew 12:46-50 . While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. The...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

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• Matthew 12:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples. How graphic is this! It is the language...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Behold my mother and my brethren. — The words assert in its strongest form the truth which we all acknowledge, that though natural relationships involve duties which may not be neglected, spiritual...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Opposing or Doing God's Will Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an outward and sensible sign. Nineveh itself would h...

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• Matthew 12:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabb...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. (47) Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desi...

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• Matthew 12:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples ,.... By whom are meant, not only the twelve, but all others present, who truly believed in him, both men and women; and who might sit near him...

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• Matthew 12:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! Ver. 49. Behold my mother and my brethren ] Sanctior est copula cordis quam corporis. Spiritual...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  While he yet talked with the people While he was uttering these solemn truths, and giving these awful warnings, in the audience of the vast multitudes that were gathered around him: behold, his mo...

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• Matthew 12:49 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Who Are Christ's Relations.       46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 12:50 " .

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• Matthew 12:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The True Household of God (12:46-50). In contrast with the house of old one-time Israel is the household of the new Israel of God, the ‘household of God' ( Ephesians 2:19 ). In describing this epi...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:46 . His brethren. —See on Matthew 13:55 . Desiring to speak with Him. —A motive is assigned ( Mark 3:21 ). It would seem that the Pharisees, on the pretext that Jesu...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 12:46-50 Jesus and His Brethren. Consider: I. the brethren of the boyhood of Jesus. Christ was born into the home and was to live in a brotherhood, with no opportunity for exclusiveness...

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• Matthew 12:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their...

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• Matthew 12:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The same is My brother, and sister, and mother. Christians are Christ’s Relations I. That Jesus here implies that the supreme relationships of life are moral 1. It is similar to that of the...

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• Matthew 12:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...

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• Matthew 12:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Christ's Relatives. Matthew 12:46-50

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• Matthew 12:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 17:20 ; John 17:8 ; John 17:9 ; John 20:17-20 ; Mark 3:34 ; Matthew 28:7

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• Matthew 12:49 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  See the highest severity, and the highest goodness! Severity to his natural, goodness to his spiritual relations! In a manner disclaiming the former, who opposed the will of his heavenly Father, an...

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