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Mark 3:21 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Mark 3:21Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 3:2112 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἀκούσαντεςakousantes
having heard of itverbG191
οἱhoi
thosearticleG3588
παρ’par’
belonging toprepositionG3844
αὐτοῦautou
HimpronounG846
ἐξῆλθονexēlthon
went outverbG1831
κρατῆσαιkratēsai
to seizeverbG2902
αὐτόνauton
HimpronounG846
ἔλεγονelegon
they were sayingverbG3004
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ἐξέστηexestē
He is crazyverbG1839
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 3:21

the Lord leads the Apostles, when they were elected, into a house, as if admonishing them, that after having received the Apostleship, they should retire to look on their own consciences.

Bede · 8th century

That is, He has a devil and is mad, and therefore they wished to lay hold upon Him, that they might shut Him up as one who had a devil. And even His friends wished to do this, that is, His relations, perchance His countrymen, or His brethren. But it was a silly insanity in them, to conceive that the Worker of such great miracles of Divine Wisdom had become mad.

Theophylact · 11th century

But mystically, the house to which they came, is the early Church. The crowds which prevent their eating bread are sins and vices; for he who eateth unworthily, 'eateth and drinketh damnation to himself.' [1 Cor 11:29]

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind.' Jesus's own family thought he was crazy. They were concerned enough to try to physically take...
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