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Mark 3:33

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3:33 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 1 

Mark 12:20

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12:20 There were seven brothers. The first one married, 2  and when he died he had no children.

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.

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



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