Mark 3:21

And hearing of it, his kinsmen went out to lay hold of him; for they said: He is beside himself.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 that they could not even eat bread.

22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.

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Cross References

Mark 3:31And his brothers and his mother come; and standing without they sent to him, calling him.

John 10:20And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?

2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we were beside ourselves, it was for God; or whether we are of sound 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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