Mark 3:32

32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers^[a] are outside, seeking 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 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit. ”

31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you. ”

33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ”

34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

Footnotes

• [a] 3:32 Other early manuscripts add 'and your sisters'