...natural relation to him was not saving, so it was necessarily confined to few. But this lies open to all. "Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told, Who is my mother ? and who are my brethren? And...

...for at least as well by the veracity of the narrative. VI MATT. xii. 46. — " While he yet talked, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him," WHAT his mother's communication might be, the Evangelist does not record. It seems to have been made...

...And yet they deny that he was a man, and " argue from what our Saviour said, when it was told to " him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, " desiring to speak with thee, Who is my mother and " brethren ? &c. Matt. xii. 47, 48. Hence, as I observed, " Ebion shews...

...quite to the same effect, and in the Gospels of the two former almost in the same words : " One said to Him, behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee. But He, answering, said unto him that told Him, who is my mother ? and who are my brethren ?...

...for at least as well by the veracity of the narrative. VI MATT. xii. 46. — " While he yet talked, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with /w'm," WHAT his mother's communication might be, the Evangelist does not record. It seems to have been...

...common letter, the incident or occasion from which it springs. Mat. xii. 47 — 50. ' Then said they unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered, and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?...

...those noble strains of eloquence which are so common in the Sacred Writings. Our iord being told that his mother and his brethren stood 'without, desiring to speak with him, he gives a turn to this little incident, perfectly new, and inexpressibly tender and affectionate....

...God. This, under all circumstances, should be the criterion of action. " Then one said unto Jesus, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren ?...

...reflection; the common letter, the incident or occasion from which it springs. Matt. xii. 47 — 50. " Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered, and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren ?...

...weakntmost sensibly. ' But " let him that thinketh 1, standeth, take heed lest he fall." 46. While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with 1ii»-. 47. Then one said unto him, Behold thy mother and '' brethren stand without, desiring to speak...