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John 2:12

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

KJV

Μετὰ τοῦτο κατέβη εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔμειναν οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας.

Greek NT

Post hoc descendit Capharnaum ipse, et mater ejus, et fratres ejus, et discipuli ejus : et ibi manserunt non multis diebus.

Vulgate

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, andhisbrethren, and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.

ASV

After this, he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples: and they remained there not many days.

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Καπερναούμ
kapernaoum
noun · 16×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἀδελφοὶ | WH/Treg: ἀδελφοὶ | NIV/RP: + αὐτοῦ
  • ἀδελφοὶSBLGNT
  • ἀδελφοὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + αὐτοῦReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2618The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and intercedes in faith. At Cana,89 The mother of Jesus asks her son for the needs of a wedding feast; this is the sign of another feast - that of the wedding of the Lamb where he gives his body and blood at the request of the Church, his Bride. It is at the hour of the New Covenant, at the foot of the cross,90 that Mary is heard as the W…
1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:5 — Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • 1Cor 9:5 — Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • Gal 1:19 — But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
  • John 6:17 — And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
  • John 7:3 — His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
  • Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
  • Matt 4:13 — And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
  • Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
  • Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
  • Matt 13:55 — Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?