"And when his friends heard {of it}, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. {friends: or,…" — Mark 3:21

Mark 3:21 · KJV

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

— Mark 3:21

Verse 20

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

Verse 22

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

Mark 3 — Context

And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. {into...: or, home}

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

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

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Cross References

Acts 26:24

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

John 10:20

And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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.

2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we be beside ourselves, {it is} to God: or whether we be sober, {it is} for your cause.

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.

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. {spiritual...: Heb. man of the spirit}

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.