Matthew 12:47

Mat 12:47 (wanting in [77][78][79] ) states what is implied in Mat 12:48 ( τῷ λέγοντι ), hat some one reported to Jesus the presence of His relatives.

[77] Codex Sinaiticus (sæc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.

[78] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

[79] Codex Regius--eighth century, represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with א and B.

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Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee, &c.--Absorbed in the awful warnings He was pouring forth. He felt this to be an unseasonable interruption, fitted to dissipate the impression made upon the large audience--such an interruption as duty to the nearest relatives did not require Him to give way to. But instead of a direct rebuke, He seizes on the incident to convey a sublime lesson, expressed in a style of inimitable condescension.

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47. thy brethren] It is a point of controversy whether these were (1) the own brothers of Jesus, sons of Joseph and Mary, or (2) sons of Joseph by a former marriage, or (3) cousins, sons of a sister of Mary. Their names are given ch. Mat_13:55, where see note.

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47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Ver. 47. Behold, thy mother and thy brethren] This was a weakness in his mother; though otherwise full of grace, yet not without, original sin, as the Sorbonists contend, but had need of a Saviour, as well as others, Luk 1:47. Scipio permits not a wise man so to do amiss once in his whole life, as to say, non putaram. How much better Crates, the philosopher, {a} who said that in every pomegranate there is at least one rotten kernel to be found; intimating thereby, that the best have their blemishes, their faults and follies.

{a} Omnibus malis punicis inest granum putre.

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Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. The verse is omitted by the Sinaitic manuscript (original hand), the Vatican, and a few others; also by the Old Syriac and some manuscripts of the Old Latin Version. It is clearly an insertion to bridge over the "seeking" of ver. 46 and "him that told him" of ver. 48.

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47. οἱ ἀδελφοί σου. It is a point of controversy whether these were (1) the own brothers of Jesus, sons of Joseph and Mary, or (2) sons of Joseph by a former marriage, or (3) cousins, sons of a sister of Mary.

The names of the ‘brethren’ are given ch. Mat 13:55, where see note.

It may be observed in regard to this question that the nearer the relationship of the ἀδελφοὶ to Jesus is held to be, the more gracious are the words of Christ, and the nearer the spiritual kinship which is compared to the human brotherhood.

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47. אa C D E al latt. insert here: “And one said to Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to Thee.” Mk. has: “And there sat about Him a multitude; and they say to Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren outside are seeking Thee.” The verse in Mt. is rightly omitted by א* B L Γ S1 S2 ff1 k. Mt. has purposely omitted the corresponding clause in Mk., and has only taken from it the ζητοῦσίν σε = ζητοῦντες αὐτῷ λαλῆσαι, Mt 46. The interpolator has written the words to assimilate to Mk. and Lk., and to prepare the way for v. 48. If the verse were genuine, Mt. and Lk. would agree against Mk. in ἑστήκασιν, as they do in the next verse in εἶπεν for λέγει.

M the Second Gospel.

B. Babylonian Talmud.

Hor. Heb. Hora Hebraiœ (Lightfoot).

Class. Rev. Classical Review.

latt. Manuscripts of the Old Latin Version.

S Syriac version: Sinaitic MS.

LXX. The Septuagint Version.

Deissm. Deissmann.

L the Matthæan Logia.

S Syriac version: Curetonian.

O quotations from the Old Testament borrowed from a collection of Messianic prophecies. See pp.61 f.

Demosth. Demosthenes.

Epict. Epictetus.

E editorial passages.

al i.e. with other uncial MSS.

Dalm. Dalman.

1 C D al have Βεελζεβούλ, and so Eph. Syr., the Armenian and the Arabic Diatessaron. א B have Βεεζεβούλ, as in 10:25. S1 S2 have Beelzebub, as in 10:25.

Jos. Josephus.

1 This Aramaic “sons of men” = “men” occurs only here in the Synoptic Gospels. Mt. avoids it.

1 For an early attempt to account for the “three days” and “three nights,” see the Syriac Didascalia (ed. Lagarde), p. 88, where the “three days” are reckoned as Friday 6 a.m. to noon, Friday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday; the “three nights” as Friday 12Ti_3 p.m. (darkness = night), Friday night, and Saturday night.

Plut. Plutarch.

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