Mark 3:21

And his kinsmen heard, and went out to take him; for they said: He is out of his reason.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 assembled again, so that they could not eat bread.

22And those Scribes that had come down from Jerusalem, said: Beelzebub is in him; and by the prince of demons he expelleth demons.

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Cross References

Mark 3:31And his mother and his brothers came, and, standing without, sent to call him to them.

John 10:20And many of them said: He hath a demon, and is wholly beside himself; why hear ye him?

2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are extravagant, it is for God: and if we are discreet, 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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