Mark 3:33

33 Answering them, He said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

Mark 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:33

And he answered them
The multitude that sat about him, and informed him of his mother and brethren being without, and desirous of speaking with him:

saying, who is my mother, or my brethren?
which is said not through ignorance or contempt, but either, as displeased with the interruption given him; or with a view to take an opportunity from hence of expressing his superior value to his spiritual relations; which looks with no favourable aspect on the superstitious notions, and veneration of the virgin Mary among the papists; (See Gill on Matthew 12:48).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 3:33 In-Context

31 Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."

33 Answering them, He said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

34 Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!

35 "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Mark 3:33

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Mark 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:33 In-Context