Mark 6:3

Whether this is not a carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and of Joseph and of Judas and of Simon? whether his sisters be not here with us? And they were offended in him, (or And they were offended by him, or they were contemptuous of him).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

In Context

2And when the sabbath was come, Jesus began to teach in a synagogue. And many heard him, and wondered in his teaching (or and wondered about his teaching), and said, Of whence cometh to this [man] all these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such virtues, (or such works of power, or such miracles), which be made by his hands?

4And Jesus said to them, That a prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his kin, and in his house. (And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, except in his own hometown, and among his kin, and his family.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2And he shall go up as a rod before him, and as a root from [the] thirsty land. And neither shape neither fairness was to him; and we saw him, and no beholding was; and we desired him, (And he shall grow up like a rod before the Lord, and like a root from the thirsty land. And neither shape nor beauty was to him; and when we saw him, there was no comeliness to him, so that we would desire him;)

Matthew 12:46Yet while he spake to the people, lo! his mother and his brethren stood withoutforth, seeking to speak with him.

Mark 3:18And he called Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas, and James [of] Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon Canaanite,

Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, Lo! this (child) is set into the falling down and into the rising again of many men in Israel, and into a token, to whom it shall be against-said, (or and as a sign, to which it shall be said against, or which shall be rejected).

Luke 7:23And he that shall not be caused to stumble in me, is blessed.

John 6:42And they said, Whether this is not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known. How then saith he this, That I came down from heaven?

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:2-7

The Contempt Poured on Christ. 1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here… Read the whole commentary →

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