What does Matthew 12:50 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."
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 t...
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 t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_THE INVITATION OF THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:46-50:_ Mary had other children after the birth of our Lord. Matthew 13:55 records, "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his br...
ΌΣΤΙΣ (G3748) общее rel. _pron._ кто бы ни. ΠΟΙΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act., см._ Matthew 12:2. Использовано здесь в _знач._ повиновения велениям Бога....
DISCOURSE: 1359 CHRIST’S REGARD TO HIS OBEDIENT FOLLOWERS Matthew 12:46. _While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one sai...
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...
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...
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 BRO...
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...
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...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
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...
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'...
_The relatives of Jesus_ (Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21). Matthew and Mark place this incident in connection with the discourse occasioned by Pharisaic calumny. Luke gives it in a quite different connect...
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 c...
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...
CONSANGUINITY OF THE HOLY GHOST Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; & Luke 8:19; Luke 8:21; Luke 11:27-28. _“And it came to pass while He was speaking these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice f...
"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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
CHRIST'S RELATIVES. Matthew 12:46...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew 12:50 For G1063 whoever G3748 G302 does G4160 (G5661) will G2307 My G3450 Father G3962 in G3588 G1722 heaven G3772 is G846 G2076 (G5748) My G3450 brother G80 and G2532 sister G79 and G2532 mot...
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...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50) after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
Matthew 12:46 Jesus and His Brethren. Consider: I. the brethren of the boyhood of Jesus. Christ was born into the home and was to live in a brotherhood, with no opportunity for exclusiveness permit...
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...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
_The same is My brother, and sister, and mother._ CHRISTIANS ARE CHRIST’S RELATIONS I. That Jesus here implies that the supreme relationships of life are moral 1. It is similar to that of the famil...
JESUS DESCRIBES HIS TRUE FAMILY MATTHEW 12:46-50; MARK 3:31-35; LUKE 8:19-21; MATTHEW 12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, [_his_] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak...
_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 dem...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-40); ,and the manner in which he dealt with it. MATTHEW 12...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 John 2:17; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 3:24; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Timothy 5:2; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Acts 16:30; Acts 16:31; Acts 17:30;...