Mark 3:31

Jesus’ True Family

3:31 Then ¹  Jesus’ ²  mother and his brothers ³  came. Standing ⁴  outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

Mark 10:5

10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. ⁵ 

Mark 14:71

14:71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

Mark 15:16

Jesus is Mocked

15:16 So ⁶  the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) ⁷  and called together the whole cohort. ⁸ 

[3:31]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[3:31]  ² tn Grk “his”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:31]  ³ sn The issue of whether Jesus had brothers (siblings) has had a long history in the church. Epiphanius, in the 4th century, argued that Mary was a perpetual virgin and had no offspring other than Jesus. Others argued that these brothers were really cousins. Nothing in the text suggests any of this. See also John 7:3.

[3:31]  ⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “heart” (a collective singular).

[15:16]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the soldiers’ action is in response to Pilate’s condemnation of the prisoner in v. 15.

[15:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “(that is, the praetorium).”

[15:16]  ¹¹ sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.