Lukas 8:19

19 Es gingen aber hinzu seine Mutter und Brüder und konnten vor dem Volk nicht zu ihm kommen.

Lukas 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:19

Then came to him his mother and his brethren
It was when Christ was preaching in an house at Capernaum, that Mary his mother, and some of his near kinsmen with her, came from Nazareth to him: these brethren of his were relations according to the flesh, either by Joseph, or his mother's side: who they were, cannot be said with certainty: it may be they were Joses and Simon; for as for James and Judas, they were among the twelve apostles, and with him; and these are the four only persons that are mentioned by name, as his brethren, ( Matthew 13:55 ) though there were others that were so called, who did not believe in him, ( John 7:5 )

and could not come at him for the press;
the multitude of people that were about him, who were so thick, that there was no coming near him, much less was there an opportunity of speaking privately, with him. The Syriac version renders it, "they could not speak unto him for the multitude".

Lukas 8:19 In-Context

17 Denn nichts ist verborgen, das nicht offenbar werde, auch nichts Heimliches, das nicht kund werde und an den Tag komme.

18 So sehet nun darauf wie ihr zuhöret. Denn wer da hat, dem wird gegeben; wer aber nicht hat, von dem wird genommen, auch was er meint zu haben.

19 Es gingen aber hinzu seine Mutter und Brüder und konnten vor dem Volk nicht zu ihm kommen.

20 Und es ward ihm angesagt: Deine Mutter und deine Brüder stehen draußen und wollen dich sehen.

21 Er aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Meine Mutter und meine Brüder sind diese, die Gottes Wort hören und tun.