Mark 3:31

Mark 3:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.

Context of Mark 3:31

29But God will never forgive people who say bad things against the Holy Spirit. Those people will always be guilty of a terrible sin.’ 30Jesus said that to the teachers of God's Law, because they had said, ‘Jesus has a bad spirit in him.’ Then, Jesus' mother and his brothers arrived and they stood outside the house. They sent someone into the house with a message. They wanted Jesus to come out to speak to them. 32A crowd of people was sitting around Jesus. Somebody said to him, ‘Look! Your mother and brothers are outside. They are looking for you.’ 33Jesus replied, ‘I will tell you who my mother and brothers really are.’

Mark 3:31 word by word

Καὶ ἔρχεται ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔξω στήκοντες ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν καλοῦντες αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brethrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• withoutἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• callingφωνέωphōneō · to callG5455

Cross-references for Mark 3:31

• Matthew 12:46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowd of people, his mother and his brothers arrived. They stood outside the house. They wanted to speak to Jesus.
• Luke 8:19Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came to see him. But they could not reach him because of the large crowd of people who were there.

Commentaries on Mark 3:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31His 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, ̔ , and thy sisters, Mark 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 See the notes at Matthew 12:46-50.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 It is a great comfort to all true Christians, that they are dearer to Christ than mother, brother, or sister as such, merely as relations in the flesh would have been, even had they been holy. Blessed be God, this great and gracious privilege is ours even now; for though Christ's bodily presence cannot be enjoyed by us, his spiritual presence is not denied us.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-35Mark returns to the story from 3:20–21. Your mother and brothers: Many people understand the brothers of Jesus to be children born to Joseph and Mary after Jesus was born (see also 6:3; Matthew 1:25; 12:46; John 19:26–27). Some interpreters think they were Joseph’s children from an earlier marriage or the cousins of Jesus. They hold this view because of the Roman Catholic belief that Mary remained a virgin for her whole life.Read the comment

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• Jesus, the Christ
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Commentaries on Mark 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings