Text -- Mark 3:33 (NET)

3:33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mar 3:33

¹ tn Grk “Who is my mother and my brothers?” The use of the singular verb ἐστιν (estin) here singles out Mary above Jesus’ brothers, giving her special prominence (see ExSyn 401-2). This is slightly unnatural in English since the predicate nominative is plural, though, so a plural verb was used in the translation.