Matthew 12:47

Matthew 12:47 is the 47th verse in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

Content

In the original Greek according to the Textus Receptus, this verse is:
This verse is missing from Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, from Codex Regius, which often follows these two codices, and from the Westcott-Hort translation.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:
The New International Version translates the passage as:

Analysis

This person is believed to have been the messenger whom the brothers of Christ sent to call Him out.

Commentary from the Church Fathers

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."