Matthew 12:47
| Matthew 12:47 | |
|---|---|
← 12:46 12:48 → | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 12:47 is the 47th verse in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
Content
[edit]In the original Greek according to the Textus Receptus, this verse is:
- ειπεν δε τις αυτω ιδου η μητηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου εξω εστηκασιν ζητουντες σοι λαλησαι.
This verse is missing from Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, from Codex Regius, which often follows these two codices,[1] and from the Westcott-Hort translation.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:
- Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."
Analysis
[edit]This person is believed to have been the messenger whom the brothers of Christ sent to call Him out.[2]
Commentary from the Church Fathers
[edit]Jerome: "He that delivers this message, seems to me not to do it casually and without meaning, but as setting a snare for Him, whether He would prefer flesh and blood to the spiritual work; and thus the Lord refused to go out, not because He disowned His mother and His brethren, but that He might confound him that had laid this snare for Him."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Nicoll, W. R., Expositor's Greek Testament on Matthew 12, accessed on 20 July 2024
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ Thomas Aquinas, ed. (1874). "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: St Matthew, Volume 2, Oxford: Parker".
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
[edit]| Preceded by Matthew 12:46 |
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 12 |
Succeeded by Matthew 12:48 |