Mark 3:34

Mark 3:34

32 And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers¹ are outside seeking You.”

33 But He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”

34 And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

35 For whoever does the ^awill of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Looking round on them (peribleyamenov). Another of Mark's life-like touches. Jesus calls those who do the will of God his mother, brothers, and sisters. This does not prove that the sisters were actually there. The brothers were hostile and that gives point to the tragic words of Jesus. One's heart goes out to Mary who has to go back home without even seeing her wondrous Son. What did it all mean to her at this hour?

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 3:34:**

Mark 3:5
Mark 5:32
Mark 10:23
Luke 8:19
John 7:5

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