And he goes up into a mountain, and calls to him whom he would: and they came to him.
And he goes up into a mountain, and calls to him whom he would: and they came to him.
And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would; and they went unto him.
And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.
And he goeth up upon a mountain, and calleth to him whom he would: and they came to him.
He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would: and they went unto him.
For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see the notes at Matthew 10:1-4.
And calleth unto him whom he would - Those whom he chose; whom he was about to appoint to the apostleship. See the notes at John 15:16.
3:13 He calleth whom he would - With regard to the eternal states of men, God always acts as just and merciful. But with regard to numberless other things, he seems to us to act as a mere sovereign. >Lu 6:123:14 Matthew 10:2 ; Lu 6:13; Ac 1:13.3:16He surnamed them sons of thunder - Both with respect to the warmth and impetuosity of their spirit, their fervent manner of preaching, and the power of their word.3:20To eat bread - That is, to take any subsistence.3:21His relations - His mother and his brethren, Mark 3:31 . But it was some time before they could come near him.3:22The scribes and Pharisees, 12:22 ;who had come down from Jerusalem - Purposely on the devil's errand.And not without success. For the common people now began to drink in the poison, from these learned, good, honourable men!He hath Beelzebub - at command, is in league with him: And by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils - How easily may a man of learning elude the strongest proof of a work of God! How readily can he account for every incident without ever taking God into the question. Matthew 12:24 ; Lu 11:15.3:28 Matthew 12:31 ; Lu 12:10.3:30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit - Is it not astonishing, that men who have ever read these words, should doubt, what is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? Can any words declare more plainly, that it is "the ascribing those miracles to the power of the devil which Christ wrought by the power of the Holy Ghost?" 3:31Then come his brethren and his mother - Having at length made their way through the crowd, so as to come to the door. His brethren are here named first, as being first and most earnest in the design of taking him: for neither did these of his brethren believe on him. They sent to him, calling him - They sent one into the house, who called him aloud, by name. Matthew 12:46 ; Lu 8:19.3:34Looking round on them who sat about him - With the utmost sweetness; He said, Behold my mother and my brethren - In this preference of his true disciples even to the Virgin Mary, considered merely as his mother after the flesh, he not only shows his high and tender affection for them, but seems designedly to guard against those excessive and idolatrous honours, which he foresaw would in after ages be paid to her.