SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:19
Y vinieron a l su madre y hermanos; y no podían llegar a l por causa de la multitud.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 8:19
Verse 19. His mother and brethren] See the notes on Matthew xii. 46, &c., and on Mark iii. 31, &c.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. Then came to him his mother and his brethren , etc.] It was when Christ was preaching in an house at Capernaum, that Mary his mother, and some of his near kinsmen with her, came from Nazareth to him: these brethren of his were relations according to the flesh, either by Joseph, or his mother's side: who they were, cannot be said with certainty: it may be they were Joses and Simon; for as for James and Judas, they were among the twelve apostles, and with him; and these are the four only persons that are mentioned by name, as his brethren, ( Matthew 13:55) though there were others that were so called, who did not believe in him, ( John 7:5) and could not come at him for the press; the multitude of people that were about him, who were so thick, that there was no coming near him, much less was there an opportunity of speaking privately, with him. The Syriac version renders it, they could not speak unto him for the multitude.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-21 - There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the sam thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, in a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to ou spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Grea encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearer of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.
Greek Textus Receptus
παρεγενοντο 3854 5633 V-2ADI-3P δε 1161 CONJ προς 4314 PREP αυτον 846 P-ASM η 3588 T-NSF μητηρ 3384 N-NSF και 2532 CONJ οι 3588 T-NPM αδελφοι 80 N-NPM αυτου 846 P-GSM και 2532 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N ηδυναντο 1410 5711 V-INI-3P-ATT συντυχειν 4940 5629 V-2AAN αυτω 846 P-DSM δια 1223 PREP τον 3588 T-ASM οχλον 3793 N-ASM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
8:19 {His mother and brethren} (he meter kai hoi adelfoi autou). #Mr 3:31-35; Mt 12:46-50 place the visit of the mother and brothers of Jesus before the parable of the sower. Usually Luke follows Mark's order, but he does not do so here. At first the brothers of Jesus (younger sons of Joseph and Mary, I take the words to mean, there being sisters also) were not unfriendly to the work of Jesus as seen in #Joh 2:12 when they with the mother of Jesus are with him and the small group (half dozen) disciples in Capernaum after the wedding in Cana. But as Jesus went on with his work and was rejected at Nazareth (#Lu 4:16-31), there developed an evident disbelief in his claims on the part of the brothers who ridiculed him six months before the end (#Joh 7:5). At this stage they have apparently come with Mary to take Jesus home out of the excitement of the crowds, perhaps thinking that he is beside himself (#Mr 3:21). They hardly believed the charge of the rabbis that Jesus was in league with Beelzebub. Certainly the mother of Jesus could give no credence to that slander. But she herself was deeply concerned and wanted to help him if possible. See discussion of the problem in my little book _The Mother of Jesus_ and also on Mr 3:31 and Mt 12:46. {Come to him} (suntucein). Second aorist active infinitive of suntugcanw, an old verb, though here alone in the N.T., meaning to meet with, to fall in with as if accidentally, here with associative instrumental case autwi.
