His brethren (ο αδελφο αυτου). "His brothers" (half-brothers actually), who "were not believing on him" (ουδε επιστευον εις αυτον)…

His brethren. See Barnes on Matthew 12:47.

Your disciples. The disciples whom he had made when he was previously in Judea …

His brethren . . .—Compare to the note on Matthew 13:55. They are excluded here by their own words from the band of disciples, as …

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of taberna…

St. Augustine of Hippo: As the believer in Christ would in time have to hide from persecution, so that no guilt might attach to …

Because the gathering in Jerusalem brought together pilgrims from every section of Palestine, Jesus’ brothers saw an excellent opportunity for him …

His brethren therefore said to him. Under the word brethren the Hebrews include all cousins and other relations, whatever may be …

Ver. 3 His brethren therefore said to him: That is, the brethren of Jesus, as the Syriac and Persic versions expre it; wh…

The brothers or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted when they found there was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometimes underta…

1. After our Lord considered the spiritual life and its food, He now discu es His instruction or teaching, which, as mentioned above, is nec…