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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:21

friends = kinsfolk. "His brethren, and His mother" (see Mark 3:31 ). went out = set out. they said = they were saying (Imperf. Tense): i.e. maintained (as we say). beside Himself = out of His senses. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 3:20

And he cometh into a house. And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.Sanner understood the "house" mentioned here as the one "in Capernaum"[7] where he usually stayed. It was perhaps the one belonging to Peter and Andrew (Mark 1:29). Having returned from his preaching and teaching on Mount Hatten, Jesus immediately plunged into the work of his ministry in Capernaum, the crowds being so vast that there was no time even for meals. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 3:21

And when his friends heard it, they went to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.His friends ... These words are made to read "his family" in GNNT, IV, and the New English Bible (1961), and this reading is supposed by McMillan, Cranfield; and many other recent commentators; but there are solid reasons for rejecting this change from the English Revised Version (1885), RSV, and KJV. To begin with, Mark referred to the immediate family of Jesus as "his mother and his brethren" just... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 3:21

Mark 3:21. For they said, He is beside himself.— For they said, He fainted away. So the version of 1729. Dr. Macknight observes, that most translators render this verse as we do; but the meaning which they give is false, and such as suggests a very unbecoming idea of our Lord, who on no other occasion behaved so as to give his friends room to suspect that he was mad. The original runs thus; u922?αι ακουσαντες οι παρ αυτου, εξηλθον κρατησαι αυτον . u917?λεγον γαρ-g0-. u927?τι εξεστη-g0-. They... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-21

The plan of Jesus’ family 3:20-21The picture the writer painted was of Jesus and his disciples in a house in Capernaum. Jews wanting healing or some other favor from Jesus barged right in the door. There were so many of them that Jesus could not even eat a meal much less get some needed rest. The house was completely full of seekers. Probably more people thronged around outside the building trying to get in the doors and windows. The Servant of the Lord was constantly at work serving.Jesus’... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-34

B. The increasing rejection of Jesus and its result 3:20-4:34As Jesus’ ministry expanded, so did rejection of Him as God’s anointed servant. Mark documented the increasing rejection that Jesus experienced (Mark 3:20-35) and then explained that Jesus taught the multitudes in parables as a result (Mark 4:1-34). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-35

1. The increasing rejection of Jesus 3:20-35Mark again returned to the opposition theme (cf. Mark 2:1 to Mark 3:6). He directed his readers back and forth between Jesus’ acceptance on a superficial level by the multitudes, His disciples’ growing commitment to Him, and the increasing hostility of the religious leaders. This structural pattern highlights the contrasts between the three groups.In this section Mark used a chiastic structure to show two different kinds of opposition that Jesus... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:1-35

Choice of the Twelve1-6. The withered hand (Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6). See on Mt. 6. Herodians] see on Matthew 22:16.7-12. Withdrawal of Jesus. Multitudes healed. See on Matthew 12:15-17. St. Mark’s account is much fuller. Observe here (a) the extraordinary sensation made by the appearance of Jesus, as shown by the great distances from which the multitudes were drawn; (b) the enormous number of cures, without any allusion to failures. Clearly the miracles recorded are only a very small proportion... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 3:20

(20) So that they could not so much as eat bread.—The graphic touch, as if springing from actual reminiscence of that crowded scene, is eminently characteristic of St. Mark. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 3:21

(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... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 3:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 3:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 3:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 3:20-35

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:1-35

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 3:20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 3:21

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