Mark 3:21

When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

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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

20Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.

22The teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, “He has Beelzebul in him! He drives the demons out by the help of their chief.”

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Cross References

Mark 3:31His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.

John 10:20Many of them said, “He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13For, if we were “beside ourselves,” it was in God’s service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!

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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