Mark 3:21

And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

In Context

20And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread.

22And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26LORD has made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that thou should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

Mark 3:31Then his brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

John 10:20And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him?

2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you.

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22

The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →

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