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 11:4

11:4 So 5  they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

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

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

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.

4 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.