1. Mark 3:31 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who exactly were the mother and brothers of Jesus who came to seize him?

Mark 3:31 (ESV)

31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

Mark 3:21 told us that his family wanted to come and get him. Now they arrive in Capernaum. Mark 6:3 tells us that Jesus had four brothers: James, Joseph, Judas (not Judas Iscariot—Judas was a very common name in the time when Jesus Christ was on earth), and Simon. His mother's name was Mary. Presumably, all four of these brothers had come with Mary in order to seize Jesus and take him back home.