Mark 3:34

Mark 3:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
• New International Version (NIV)Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
• English Standard Version (ESV)And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Context of Mark 3:34

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.’ Then he looked at the people who were sitting around him. He said, ‘Look! Here are my mother and my brothers! 35My brothers and sisters and my mother are the people who do what God wants.’

Mark 3:34 word by word

καὶ περιβλεψάμενος τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν κύκλῳ καθημένους λέγει· ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he lookedπεριβλέπωperiblepō · to look aroundG4017
• round aboutκύκλῳkuklō · surroundingG2945
• on them which satκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Mark 3:34

• Psalms 22:22I will tell my people how great you are. I will praise you when we meet together.
• Matthew 12:49Then he pointed to his disciples. He said, ‘Look! Here are my mother and my brothers.
• Matthew 25:40The king will answer them, “I tell you this: You did all these things to help other people. They were not important people, but they were my friends. When you helped them, then you also helped me.”
• Matthew 28:10Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. Go and tell my disciples to go to Galilee. They will see me there.’
• Luke 11:27While Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd shouted out. ‘How happy is the woman that gave birth to you! How happy is the woman that fed you from her breasts!’
• John 20:17Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me because I have not gone up to the Father yet. But go to my brothers, the disciples. Tell them, “Now I will go up to my Father. He is also your Father. He is my God, and he is your God.” ’
• Romans 8:29God already had those people in his thoughts from the beginning. He decided that they should become like his Son. So then, his Son would have many younger brothers and sisters.
• Hebrews 2:11Jesus is the one who makes people clean in front of God. Jesus himself and all the people that he makes clean have the same Father. So Jesus is not ashamed to call all those people his brothers and sisters.

Commentaries on Mark 3:34

• 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. 33-34In God’s Kingdom, one’s true relatives are determined not by blood but by a faith relationship (see also 10:29–30).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 3:34

• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteousness

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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