Mark 3:32

32 A crowd was sitting around Him and told Him, "Look, Your mother, Your brothers, and Your sisters[a] are outside asking for You."

Mark 3:32 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:32

And the multitude sat about him
In a circle, all around him, to hear him preach; so that there was no such thing as the messenger coming near him; but the message being whispered from one to another, it came to those who sat nearest him:

and they said unto him, behold, thy mother and thy brethren without
seek for thee:
in five of Beza's ancient copies, and in his most ancient one, are added, and thy sisters: agreeably, Christ hereafter makes mention of sister, as well as mother and brother; (See Gill on Matthew 12:47), and so it is read in the Alexandrian copy.

Mark 3:32 In-Context

30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
31 Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent [word] to Him and called Him.
32 A crowd was sitting around Him and told Him, "Look, Your mother, Your brothers, and Your sisters are outside asking for You."
33 He replied to them, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"
34 And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Other mss omit and Your sisters
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