Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 3:20
so that: Mark 3:9, Mark 6:31, Luke 6:17, John 4:31-Nahum : Reciprocal: Matthew 5:1 - he went Mark 2:13 - and all Mark 5:24 - and thronged read more
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Samuel Bagster
Samuel Bagster
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 3:21
when: Some render, "And they who were with him (in the house, Mark 3:19), hearing (the noise) went out to restrain (בץפןם, i.e., ןקכןם [Strong's G3793], the multitude), for they said, It (the mob) is mad." This, however, is contrary to all the versions; and appears an unnatural construction. friends: or, kinsmen, Mark 3:31, John 7:3-2 Samuel : He is: 2 Kings 9:11, Jeremiah 29:26, Hosea 9:7, John 10:20, Acts 26:24, 2 Corinthians 5:13 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:28 - Eliab's anger 2 Samuel 6:20 -... read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 3:20
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.To eat bread — That is, to take any subsistence. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 3:21
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.His relations — His mother and his brethren, Mark 3:31. But it was some time before they could come near him. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:19-30
§ 42. HEALING A DEMONIAC; SCRIBES AND PHARISEES BLASPHEME, Mark 3:19-30 . (See notes on Matthew 9:33; Matthew 12:32-37.) read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:20
20. Could not so much as eat bread How much our Lord was at this time oppressed by the crowds may be seen by comparing, among other passages, Mark 1:45, and Mark 3:7-9 of this chapter. Indeed, no evangelist conveys to us so strong a view of the immense excitement produced in Galilee by the preaching of Jesus in his early ministry as Mark. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:21
21. When his friends At Nazareth, where the reports of these miracles were in keeping with the depraved character of the place and the subject. Probably they had heard of the charge of his being a demoniac. Heard of it Heard that immense crowds were following his preaching the wonders he did. They went out From their homes, to rescue him from the danger that might result from the excitement he was producing. Beside himself They doubtless meant this as an excuse for what they held to... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 3:21
21 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 him ] Some read, to lay hold on the multitude, as mad, because so eager and earnest, that they left not our Lord liberty for his necessary repose and repast. But if it be meant of Christ, his mother also may seem to have been in the common error,Mark 3:31; Mark 3:31 . She was not then without original sin (as the Franciscans would have it, and do... read more