Mark 3:34

34 And He looked round about on those who sat about Him and said, "Behold, My mother and My brethren.

Mark 3:34 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:34

And he looked round about on them which sat about him
To find out his disciples among them, and point them out particularly, by stretching forth his hand towards them: and said,

behold my mother and my brethren:
not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; his mother, because, in regeneration, he was formed in them; his brethren, because, by adoption, his God was their God, his Father their Father; (See Gill on Matthew 12:49).

Mark 3:34 In-Context

32 And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren outside seek for thee."

33 And He answered them, saying, "Who is My mother, or My brethren?"

34 And He looked round about on those who sat about Him and said, "Behold, My mother and My brethren.

35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother."