Mark 3:21

When his family heard about it, they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

20Then they entered a house, and a crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples could not even eat bread.

22But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.”

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Cross References

Mark 3:31Then Jesus' brothers and mother came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called for him.

John 10:20Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind; why do you listen to him?”

2 Corinthians 5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are in our right 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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