Mark 3:33

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

Mark 12:20

12:20 There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

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.

tn Grk “took a wife” (an idiom for marrying a woman).