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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 12:50

efinition of spiritual kinsmanship. The highest brotherhood based on spiritual affinity. ὅστις γὰρ ἂν ποιήσῃ : a general present supposition expressed by the subjunctive with ἂν followed by present indicative. τὸ θέλημα τ. πατρός μ. τ. ἐν οὐρανοῖς : this probably comes nearest to Christ's actual words. In such a solemn utterance He was likely to mention His Father, whose supreme claims His filial heart ever owned. Mark has “the will of God”; Luke “those who hear and do the word of God” obviously secondary.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 12:50. _WHOSOEVER SHALL DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER_, c.] Those are the best acknowledged relatives of Christ who are united to him by spiritual ties, and who are become _one_ with him by...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See also Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19. HIS BRETHREN - There has been some difference of opinion about the persons who are referred to here, some supposing that they were children of Mary his mother, others th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The connexion of Matthew 12:43 is with Matthew 12:30, as is shown by Lk.; neutrality in the spiritual life cannot last. The point of the illustration is that the Jews had felt the influence of John an...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    While he was still speaking to the crowds, look you, his mother and his brothers stood outside, for they were seeking an opportunity to speak to him. Someone said to him: "Look you, your mother and yo...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHOSOEVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, denned by obedience, and made an hypothesis by the particle " _an_ ". DO. have done. HEAVEN. [the] heavens. Plural, because there is no co...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _whosoever shall do the will of my Father_ "These which hear the word of God and do it" (Luke 8:21)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jesus is sought by His Mother and Brethren. The true Mother and Brethren of Jesus Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21 The account is given with very slight variation by the three Synoptists. But see Mark 3:2...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    JESUS IS SOUGHT BY HIS MOTHER AND BRETHREN. THE TRUE MOTHER AND BRETHREN OF JESUS Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21 The account is given with very slight variation by the three Synoptists. But see Mark 3:21...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ὍΣΤΙΣ ΓᾺΡ ἊΝ ΠΟΙΉΣΗΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. ‘These which hear the word of God and do it’ (Luke 8:21). ΤΟΥ͂ ἘΝ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΙ͂Σ. The addition is important. ‘Not those who do the will of my earthly father, but those who do t...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 46. While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47. Then one said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΌΣΤΙΣ (G3748) общее rel. _pron._ кто бы ни. ΠΟΙΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act., см._ Matthew 12:2. Использовано здесь в _знач._ повиновения велениям Бога....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE SAME IS MY BROTHER, AND SISTER, AND MOTHER— _He is my brother, or sister, or mother._ Doddridge. This short speech of our Lord, related by the evangelist with great simplicity, is, without his see...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Section 30 JESUS REFUSES TO ALLOW FLESHLY TIES TO BIND HIM (Parallels: Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21) TEXT: 12:46-50 46. While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, THE SAME IS MY BROT...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    42 “The ends of the earth,” an expression which does not include the sea, would describe any location on Eurasia or Africa not far from the further coast line. 43-45 Compare Luk_11:24-26 43 Actual i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS MOTHER AND BRETHREN (Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19). Jesus here, as on other occasions, declares Himself independent of family ties, and united by spiritual kinship to all who do God's will. _THE BRETHREN...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHOSOEVER SHALL DO THE WILL. — This is, then, what Christ recognises as the ground of a spiritual relationship. Not outward, but inward fellowship; not the mere fact of baptism, but that which baptism...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OPPOSING OR DOING GOD'S WILL Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an outward and sensible sign. Nineveh itself would have co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CONSANGUINITY OF THE HOLY GHOST Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; & Luke 8:19; Luke 8:21;...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. (47) Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desir...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS Hail thou glorious Lord of the Sabbath! Do thou blessed Jesus, manifest to my soul, and in my soul, that thou art both Lord of the Sabbath and of my heart; by reigning there, and ruling th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _CHRIST’S RELATIONS_ ‘For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.’ Matthew 12:50 God has a will. This thought, familiar as it is...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    50._For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven. _When he says that they _do the will of his Father, _he does not mean that they fulfill, in a perfect manner, the whole righteousness...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER,.... This is not to be understood of a perfect obedience to the will of God, revealed in his righteous law; for since this cannot be performed by any mere...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Ver. 50. _For whosoever shall do the will_] Lo, here is the right way of becoming akin...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Mat. 12:49, 50. "And He stretched forth His hand toward His disciples, and said, Behold, My mother and My brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brot...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _While he yet talked with the people_ While he was uttering these solemn truths, and giving these awful warnings, in the audience of the vast multitudes that were gathered around him: _behold, his mot...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    WHOSOEVER SHALL DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER-IS MY BROTHER, AND SISTER, AND MOTHER; my most intimate and endeared relatives and friends. These words contain a silent but powerful rebuke of the idolatrous...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CHRIST'S RELATIVES. Matthew 12:46...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother. This interruption is not to be explained as vanity or a desire to interfere with the Lo...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    46-50 Christ's preaching was plain, easy, and familiar, and suited to his hearers. His mother and brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him, when they should have been standing within, desir...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 46-50. Mark repeateth the same passage, MARK 3:31. Luke repeateth it more shortly, LUKE 8:20,21. Both Mark and Luke say more than one spake to our Saviour; first one, then others. _Thy mother and...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    2 Clement not with the mouth only, but also with the heart, that He may accept us as sons. For the Lord has said, "Those are My brethren who do the will of My Father."[71] Excerpts of Theodotus Acc...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 12:50 For G1063 whoever G3748 G302 does G4160 (G5661) will G2307 My G3450 Father G3962 in...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRUE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD (12:46-50). In contrast with the house of old one-time Israel is the household of the new Israel of God, the ‘household of God' (Ephesians 2:19). In describing this episode M...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.” The new household of God is made up of all who do the will of His Father, that is those who have...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 12:50 We have here two things a character and a blessing. I. "Whosoever shall do the will of God." So, then, God has a will. This thought, familiar as it is to us, was a thought to which man...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:46. HIS BRETHREN.—See on Matthew 13:55. DESIRING TO SPEAK WITH HIM.—A motive is assigned (Mark 3:21). It would seem that the Pharisees, on the pretext that Jesus had a demo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 John 2:17; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 3:24; 1 Peter 4:2;...

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