Luke Chapter 8 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 8:19

And there came to him his mother and brethren, and they could not come at him for the crowd.
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BBE Luke 8:19

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.
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DARBY Luke 8:19

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.
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KJV Luke 8:19

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
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WEB Luke 8:19

His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
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YLT Luke 8:19

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 19-21. - Interference of Christ's mother and his brethren. Verse 19. - Then came to him his mother and his brethren. St. Mark, in his third chapter, gives us the reasons which led to this scene. It had been bruited abroad that a species of frenzy had seized upon that strange Man who had been brought up in their midst, and who had lately aroused such enthusiasm in all the crowded lake-district of Galilee. It is difficult to estimate aright the feelings of his own family towards him; admiration and love seem to have struggled in their hearts with prejudice and jealousy - not in the case of Mary, but in the case of the so-called brothers. They seem ever to have been close to him during his public ministry, not among his "own," but still near him, watching him, and listening to him with a half-wondering, half-grudging admiration. But John tells us (John 7:5) that they did not believe in him. It needed the Resurrection to convert them. The crowd round the Master at this juncture was so great that they - his kinsmen - could not press through it to speak to him. They conveyed to him, however, a message. The Heart-reader knew well what were the motives which induced them to come to him just then; the brothers were so distrustful that they had suffered themselves to be carried away by the Pharisees' evil surmises, that Jesus was possessed by a devil. The mother, influenced by her earthly fears for her Son, was induced to accompany the brothers, no doubt hoping to induce him to withdraw himself from the scene of excitement, at all events for a season.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19-21) Then came to him his mother and his brethren.--See Notes on Matthew 12:46-50, and Mark 3:31-35. There cannot be any doubt that we have in those passages a report of the same incident; but it may be noted that St. Luke places it after the teaching by parables, and the other two Gospels before. In this instance the evidence preponderates in favour of the latter sequence of events.For the press.--Better, by reason of the multitude.