When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, he is out of his mind — the family's assessment — he is out of his mind (existē, he has lost his senses) — is Mark's most startling detail in the early chapters. Jesus' own family interprets the intensity of his ministry as evidence of mental instability. The took charge of him (kratēsai, to seize, to take hold of) communicates that they intend to physically intervene and remove him. The family's response is not hostile but concerned — they are acting from love, not malice. But their love is uninformed about who Jesus is and what the kingdom requires of him.

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