Mark 3:21

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When his friends - Greek, “they who were of him.” Not the apostles, but his relatives, his friends, who were in the place of his nativity. Hea...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And when his (n) friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. (4) None are worse enemies of the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Answer of Jesus to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes and the Intervention of His Family. The introduction of this section would naturally li...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

friends . kinsfolk. "His brethren, and His mother" (see Mark 3:31 ). went out . set out. they said . they were saying (Imperf. Tense): i.e. mai...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when his friends heard of it , they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. His friends - Or, relations. On this verse...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they said, He is beside himself.— For they said, He fainted away. So the version of 1729. Dr. Macknight observes, that most translators rende...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 12:22-37 ,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Choice of the Twelve 1-6. The withered hand ( Matthew 12:9 ; Luke 6:6 ). See on Mt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His friends ] From Mark 3:31 they appear to have been His mother and brethren. 'There is both a logical and chronological relation between this at...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 chap...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 3:20-27 ( Mark 3:20-27 ) CHRIST AND BEELZEBUB "And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. And...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Brother to All Who Will Mark 3:20-35 ; Mark 4:1-9 The Pharisees circulated this infamous charge-not because they believed it, but to satisfy t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is one of the few occasions on which it is said that Christ was angry. Particularly note the reason for His anger: "When He had looked round abo...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. (21) And when his friends heard of it, they went out to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When his friends heard of it ,.... Not his spiritual friends, his disciples and followers, that believed in him; but his kinsmen, as the Syriac and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when his friends heard of it , they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. Ver. 21. They went out to lay hold on...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they went into a house It appears, from the manner in which Mark here connects this with the names of the apostles, that it happened very quick...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We have seen that the sabbath was made for the purpose of ministering to the needs of men. Now the Lord in the synagogue encountered a man who was in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unt...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amazing Success Brings Fervent Opposition From His Family And Friends (3:7-21). Jesus' success expands as He continues to build up His forces for...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Section Concludes With A Summary Of The Continuing Ministry (3:7-35). The first major section of Mark's Gospel (from Mark 1:1 to Mark 3:35...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Opposition From Family And Friends From The Past (3:19-21). This rather enigmatic passage prepares the way for and explains the ‘rejection' by Jes...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when His family and long time friends heard it they went out to lay hold on Him, for they said, “He is beside Himself”.' This is omitted by Mat...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 3:21 . His friends.—His kinsfolk or near relatives. Beside Himself .—In an ecstatic state. They thought He wa...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 3:13 . He calleth to him whom he would. He knew them as he knew Nathaniel; he knew their piety, he knew their worth. They followed him at fir...
The Biblical Illustrator

And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him. This was the third stage in the preparation of the disciples for the apostolate A certain...
The Biblical Illustrator

He Is beside Himself. The sinner mad, not the saint I find St. Paul in the same chapter confesses and denies madness in himself. Whilst he was...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter begins with the record of another case of healing on the sabbath day; and it closes with the notice of a combination of...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The friends of Jesus think Him out of His senses:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, He is beside Himself. No sooner had Jesus returned to the city...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:13 ; 2 Kings 9:11 ; Acts 26:24 ; Hosea 9:7 ; Jeremiah 29:26 ; John 10:20 ; John 7:3-10 ; Mark 3:31
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His relations — His mother and his brethren, Mark 3:31 . But it was some time before they could come near him.

²¹ And when his friendsd heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Related Commentaries of Mark 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mark 3:21