Matthieu 12:47

47 Et quelqu'un lui dit: Voici, ta mère et tes frères sont là dehors, qui demandent à te parler.

Matthieu 12:47 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:47

Then one said unto him
Either one of his auditors, or, as the Ethiopic version has it, one "of his disciples": the other evangelists intimate, that more than one acquainted him with it; which is easily reconciled: for, upon his mother and brethren calling to him, as Mark says they did; first one and then another, and more, might apprise him of it, and especially as he did not immediately go out unto them.

Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak
with thee:
whether this message was carried at the request of the mother and brethren of Christ, and delivered in a simple manner, and with an honest intention; or whether it was officiously done, and with a design to interrupt him, and to try him, whether he would prefer his natural relations, and their society and conversation, to the spiritual work in which he was engaged, in doing good to the souls of men, is not certain; the latter seems probable, from the following words, and conduct of Christ. Some copies read, "desiring to see thee".

Matthieu 12:47 In-Context

45 Alors il s'en va, et prend avec lui sept autres esprits plus méchants que lui, et étant entrés dans la maison, ils y habitent; et la dernière condition de cet homme est pire que la première. Il en arrivera ainsi à cette méchante race.

46 Et comme Jésus parlait encore au peuple, sa mère et ses frères étaient dehors, cherchant à lui parler.

47 Et quelqu'un lui dit: Voici, ta mère et tes frères sont là dehors, qui demandent à te parler.

48 Mais il répondit et dit à celui qui lui avait parlé: Qui est ma mère, et qui sont mes frères?

49 Et étendant sa main sur ses disciples, il dit: Voici ma mère et mes frères.