Context: Mat 12:46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Mat 12:47 [KJV: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.]
Mat 12:48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
Mat 12:49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, [Behold]”Here are my mother and my brothers!
Mat 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
GREEK VERBS: Behold …
| 3708 [e] Idou Ἰδοὺ , Behold V-AMA-2S |
| 3588 [e] hē ἡ the Art-NFS |
| 3384 [e] mētēr μήτηρ mother N-NFS |
| 1473 [e] mou μου of me PPro-G1S |
| 2532 [e] kai καὶ and Conj |
| 3588 [e] hoi οἱ the Art-NMP |
| 80 [e] adelphoi ἀδελφοί brothers N-NMP |
| 1473 [e] mou μου . of me PPro-G1S |
RESOURCES
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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