Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:20-35
Mark 3:20-Habakkuk : . The Answer of Jesus to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes and the Intervention of His Family.— The introduction of this section would naturally link with Mark 3:6. Jesus returns home (presumably, to the house of Simon in Capernaum) after the second scene in the synagogue in Mark 3:1-Joshua :. Mk. has broken the thread of the original tradition in order to insert the list of the apostles. He certainly divides Mark 3:20 f. from Mark 3:31-Habakkuk : in order to associate... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:13-19
Mark 3:13-Psalms : . The Appointment of the Twelve.— That Jesus associated with Himself an inner circle of twelve men is not open to reasonable question. If the number twelve be mythical, it must be suggested by the twelve tribes of Israel. The fact that His own ministry was confined to Israel, makes it natural for Jesus Himself to have acted on the suggestion. To trace the number, with the exponents of the Christ-myth, to the signs of the Zodiac, or the twelve apostles of the Jewish... read more