Mark 3:21

+ 3:21. MP: Messiah is refused to be associated with even by his own siblings, children of the same mother. (Ps 69:8b) When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, “He is insane.”

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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

20The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

22The Torah-Teachers who came down from Jerusalem [City of peace] said, “He has Ba'al-Zibbul [Lord of Flies],” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”

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Cross References

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

John 10:20Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”

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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