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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Mark 3:19 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house.
  • KJV And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
  • NKJV and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.
  • NASB and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
  • NLT Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

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Quick answer

The list ends with Judas Iscariot, noted as the betrayer, and Jesus enters a house. It matters because even the inner circle included one who would betray him, fulfilling Scripture.

Overview

Mark's blunt note about Judas reminds readers that nearness to Jesus is not the same as saving faith. The betrayal was no accident but part of God's redemptive plan foretold in Scripture. The transition into a house sets the stage for the rising conflict with both family and religious authorities that follows.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Acts 1:16–25“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
  • Matt 26:47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  • John 6:71He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
  • Matt 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
  • John 6:64However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  • John 13:26–30Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
  • John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
  • Matt 26:14–16Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
  • John 12:4–6But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 3:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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