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 was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.” 33He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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 declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!
• Matthew 12:49And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
• Matthew 25:40And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
• Matthew 28:10Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
• Luke 11:27As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”
• John 20:17Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
• Romans 8:29because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• Hebrews 2:11For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them 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
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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