Mark 3:21

and those alongside Him having heard, went forth to lay hold on Him, for they said that He was beside Himself,

Literal Standard 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 a multitude comes together again, so that they are not even able to eat bread;

22and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:26YHWH has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of YHWH over every man [who] is mad and making himself a prophet, and you have put him in the stocks and in the pillory.

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 you hear Him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13for whether we were beside ourselves, [it was] to God; whether we be of sound mind, [it is] to 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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