12:49a

Pointing to His disciples: This clause describes Jesus’ gesture. Jesus used this gesture to show the crowd that he was talking about his disciples.

The particular gesture Jesus used was to stretch/reach out his arm and hand. He probably moved his arm and hand in an arc with all fingers extended toward his disciples.

Here are some other ways to translate this gesture:

Then he pointed to his disciples (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
He motioned toward his disciples

In some cultures it is not appropriate to point toward someone with your hand. If that is true in your language, use a physical motion that is natural in this context which causes people to look at something. For example:

He indicated his disciples

12:49b

Here are My mother and My brothers: This clause indicates that Jesus loved his disciples and they had become his family. They were his spiritual family.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

These people are my mother and my ⌊younger⌋ brothers.

-or-

These people have become ⌊like⌋ my mother and my brothers.

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