Mark 3:21
New International Version
When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

New Living Translation
When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.

English Standard Version
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Berean Standard Bible
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

Berean Literal Bible
And those belonging to Him having heard, went out to seize Him; for they were saying, "He is out of His mind."

King James Bible
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

New King James Version
But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”

New American Standard Bible
And when His own people heard about this, they came out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

NASB 1995
When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

NASB 1977
And when His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And when His own people heard this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

Amplified Bible
When His own family heard this they went to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.”

Christian Standard Bible
When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”

American Standard Version
And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And his relatives heard and they went out to take hold of him, for they were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus' family heard what he was doing, they thought he was crazy and went to get him under control.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

English Revised Version
And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When his family heard about it, they went to get him. They said, "He's out of his mind!"

Good News Translation
When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, "He's gone mad!"

International Standard Version
When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

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

Majority Standard Bible
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

New American Bible
When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

NET Bible
When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

New Revised Standard Version
When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”

New Heart English Bible
And when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Webster's Bible Translation
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Weymouth New Testament
Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

World English Bible
When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”

Young's Literal Translation
and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

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Context
A House Divided
20Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat. 21When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.” 22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”…

Cross References
2 Kings 9:11
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, "Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?" "You know his kind and their babble," he replied.

Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet--you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Mark 3:31
Then Jesus' mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

John 7:3
So Jesus' brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

John 7:5
For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

John 7:10
But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went--not publicly, but in secret.

John 10:20
Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?"


Treasury of Scripture

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

when.

friends.

Mark 3:31
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.

John 7:3-10
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest…

He is.

2 Kings 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

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Mark 3
1. Jesus heals the withered hand,
10. and many other infirmities;
11. rebukes the unclean spirit;
13. chooses his twelve apostles;
22. convinces the blasphemy of casting out demons by Beelzebub;
31. and shows who are his brother, sister, and mother.














(21) And when his friends . . .--Literally, those from Him--i.e., from His home. As the "mother and the brethren" are mentioned later on in the chapter as coming to check His teaching, we must see in these some whom they had sent with the same object. To them the new course of action on which our Lord had entered seemed a sign of over-excitement, recklessly rushing into danger. We may, perhaps, see in the random word thus uttered that which gave occasion to the more malignant taunt of the scribes in the next verse. They were saying now, as they said afterwards (John 10:20), "He hath a devil, and is mad."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[When]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

His family
παρ’ (par’)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

heard [about this],
ἀκούσαντες (akousantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

they went out
ἐξῆλθον (exēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

to take custody
κρατῆσαι (kratēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2902: From kratos; to use strength, i.e. Seize or retain.

of Him,
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

saying,
ἔλεγον (elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“He is out of His mind.”
Ἐξέστη (Exestē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1839: From ek and histemi; to put out of wits, i.e. Astound, or become astounded, insane.


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