Mark 3:33
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
KJV
καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει· τίς ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου;
Greek NT
Et respondens eis, ait : Quæ est mater mea et fratres mei ?
Vulgate
And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
ASV
And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει | RP: ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς λέγων
- ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει — SBLGNT
- ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς λέγων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἢ | RP: ἢ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
- ἢ — SBLGNT
- ἢ — Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: μου | Treg/NIV/RP: μου
- μου — SBLGNT
- μου — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- 2Cor 5:16 — Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
- Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
- John 2:4 — Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
- 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.
- Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
- 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.
- 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 28:10 — Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.