Mark 3:21

And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: “Because he has gone mad.”

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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 they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.

22And the scribes who had descended from Jerusalem said, “Because he has Beelzebub, and because by the prince of demons does he cast out demons.”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26‘The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada, the priest, so that you would be the ruler in the house of the Lord over every man who raves and prophesies, to send him to the stocks and to prison.

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

John 10:20Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are excessive in mind, it is for God; but if we are sober, 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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