Mark 3:31 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 3:31

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

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ASV

And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him.

KJV

There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

His brethren and his mother - Or rather, his mother and his brethren. This is the arrangement of the best and most ancient MSS.; and this clause, και αἱ αδελφαι σου, and thy sisters, Mar 3:32, should be Added, on the authority of ADEFGMSUV, fifty-five others, some editions, the margin of the later Syriac, Slavonic, Gothic, and all the Itala except four. Griesbach has received this reading into the text. Calling him - This clause is wanting in one copy of the Itala. The Codex Alexandrinus has ζητουντες αυτον, seeking him.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Then come his brethren and his mother - Having at length made their way through the crowd, so as to come to the door. His brethren are here named first, as being first and most earnest in the design of taking him: for neither did these of his brethren believe on him.

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

In the verses which immediately precede this passage, we see our blessed Lord accused by the Scribes of being in league with the devil. They said, "He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casts he out devils." In the verses we have now read, we find that this absurd charge of the Scribes was not all that Jesus had to endure at this time. We are told that "Jesus' mother and brothers arrived at the house where he was teaching. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them."

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	he comes	G2064 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
μήτηρ	mētēr	mother	G3384 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοὶ	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔξω	exō	outside	G1854 →
στήκοντες	stēkontes	standing	G4739 →
ἀπέστειλαν	apesteilan	sent	G649 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
καλοῦντες	kalountes	calling	G2564 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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