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The New Testament
Querying the QM Thesis
Matthew 12:46-50/Mark 3:31-35/Luke 8:19-21
J. P. Holding
| Matthew |
while But he is-speaking to crowds behold the mother and the brothers of-him stood outside seeking to-him to-speak. said And one to him behold the mother of you and the brothers of you out are standing seeking to-you to-speak he And answering said to-him speaking to-him Who is the mother of-me And who are the brothers of me And stretching out the hand of-him on the disciples of-him he-said Behold the mother of me and the brothers of me who for ever does the will of the father of me one in heaven he of me brother and sister and mother is. |
| Mark |
come then the brothers and the mother of-him and outside standing sent to-him calling him. And sat crowd around him. they said And to-him behold the mother of you and the brothers of you outside seek you And he answered them saying Who is the mother of-me And the brothers of me And having-looked-around in a circle those about him sitting he-says Behold the mother of me and the brothers of me who for ever does the will of the God this one brother of me and sister of me and mother is. |
| Luke |
came And to him the mother and the brothers of-him and not were-able to-come-up-with him through the crowd. And it-was-told him saying the mother of you and the brothers of you are standing outside to-see you desiring. he And answering said to them mother my and brothers my these are, ones the Word of the God hearing and doing it. |
Once we note redcactive emphases -- Matthew's focus on the disciples as a group; Mark's/Peter's eyewitness account of Jesus looking around (a gesture that is far less indicative than Matthew's sweep of the hand, which may actually allude back to the healing of the withered man's hand a few lines back) and Luke's compression -- we get:
Ur-Matthew Reconstruction
the mother and the brothers of-him stood outside seeking to-him to-speak. said And one to him behold the mother of you and the brothers of you out are standing And answering said Who is the mother of-me And who are the brothers of me? the mother of me and the brothers of me who for ever does the will of the father of me one in heaven he of me brother and sister and mother is.
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