Mark 3:21

And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

22And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26The Lord hath made thee priest in- stead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison.

Mark 3:31And his mother and his bretheren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

John 10:20And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear you him?

2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we be transported in mind, it is to God; or whether we be 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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