Mark 3:31
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
KJV
Καὶ ἔρχεται ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔξω στήκοντες ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν καλοῦντες αὐτόν.
Greek NT
Et veniunt mater ejus et fratres : et foris stantes miserunt ad eum vocantes eum,
Vulgate
And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.
ASV
And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
στήκω
steko
verb · 12×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: Καὶ ἔρχονται | WH/Treg: Καὶ ἔρχονται | NIV: Καὶ ἔρχεται | RP: Ἔρχονται οὖν
- Καὶ ἔρχονται — SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἔρχονται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- Καὶ ἔρχεται — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἔρχονται οὖν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ | RP: οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ
- ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: στήκοντες | WH/Treg/NIV: στήκοντες | RP: ἑστῶτες
- στήκοντες — SBLGNT
- στήκοντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἑστῶτες — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καλοῦντες | WH/Treg/NIV: καλοῦντες | RP: φωνοῦντες
- καλοῦντες — SBLGNT
- καλοῦντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φωνοῦντες — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§500Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and sisters of Jesus.157 The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus", are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly calls "the other Mary".158 They a…
Cross-references
- Acts 1:14 — These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- Luke 8:19 — Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
- Luke 8:19 — Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
- Mark 3:21 — And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
- 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.