Mt. 12:46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to Him.
Mk. 3:31 Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.
Lk. 8:19 Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd.
If you will notice the Luke account (8:19,20) A.T. Robertson again has broken up the order. The events of this segment are in the wrong chronological order. Segments 63 and 64 should actually be reversed. The parables of segment 64 are in two groups: (1) the ones He spoke in public to the multitudes; and (2) the ones that are spoke in private for His disciples in the house. Segment 63 actually occurs between the public and private parables.
In segment 63 through 68 we have a unit concerning the revelation in view of rejection, noting that at this point the Messiah repudiates all earthly ties in favor of spiritual ones, as His relationship to the nation now changes and the whole scope and method of His ministry changes. The first is in the area of signs. His signs are no longer for the nation to authenticate His Messiahship. From this point on His signs are for the purpose of training His disciples for the work they will have to conduct in the light of His rejection. The second area is His miracles. Up to now He had been performing miracles on behalf of the masses for its own sake. But, from this point His miracles are no longer for the masses. Rather, they will be in response to a personal need on the basis of faith.
The third area is His message. Up to now He has been proclaiming widely that He is the Messiah and offering to Israel the Kingdom of God. His disciples were allowed to proclaim His Messiahship. But, from this point on He says, “Don’t tell anyone that I am the Messiah.” And when Peter gives his great confession, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” Yeshua says to him, “See that no man knows it.” When He heals a person He will tell them, “Don’t tell anyone about it.”
The fourth area is the method of His teaching. Up to now He has been teaching them in clear propositional truth. An example is the Sermon on the Mount. But, from this point He begins to teach in parables and the purpose of His parabolic teaching is to hide the truth from the masses. We have come to a very critical pivotal point in the life of Yeshua. With the exception of His death and resurrection, His rejections are the most important incidents in His life.
Mt. 12:47 Then one said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to You.”
Mk. 3:32 And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You.”
Lk. 8:20 And it was told to Him by some, who said, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.”
Mt. 12:48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”
Mk. 3:33 But He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”
Mt. 12:49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.”
Mk. 3:34 And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!”
This story contains another of the two very possible explanations for the words found in John 1:11, “He came unto His own, but His own received Him not.” This second possibility concerns His immediate family. Most Hebraic scholars today believe that these verses indicate that a rift had occurred between Yeshua and the members of His own immediate family, probably because of His Messianic claims. Instead of welcoming them with open arms, they say His words show a clear rejection of them as they possibly did Him. Most scholars believe that His entire family, including His mother, did not come to faith in him, until after His resurrection. We do know that His half-brother James was not converted until then, and then went on to become the leader of the Jerusalem Church. This could also explain why, as He was dying on the cross, He gave His mother to the Apostle John to take care of (John 19:25-27), instead of one of His brothers. Segment #094 is a clear example of the tension between Yeshua and His brothers.
Source: Jn. 1:11; 19:25-27
Mt. 12:50 “For whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven is My brother, and sister and mother.”
Mk. 3:35 “For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
Lk. 8:21 But He answered and said to them, ”My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
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