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 tell Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” 33Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” Looking at those sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, he 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 22:22Save me from the lion’s mouth. From the horns of the wild oxen rescue me.
• Matthew 12:49Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.
• Matthew 25:40“And answering, the King will say to them, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever you did to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
• Matthew 28:10“Don’t be afraid,” Yeshua said to them. “Go tell My brothers to head for the Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
• Luke 11:27Then as Yeshua was saying these things, a certain woman in the crowd, raising her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that carried You and the breasts that nursed You!”
• John 20:17Yeshua says to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Romans 8:29For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• Hebrews 2:11For both He who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all from one—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