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When his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, "He is insane."
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Misunderstood by His Own Family
Commentators unanimously identify "his friends" not as disciples, but as Jesus' own relatives from his hometown. Hearing of his intense, non-stop ministry and his neglect of basic needs like eating, they traveled to forcibly take him home, believing his zeal had made him mentally unstable or "beside himself."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When his friends. Greek, "They who were of him." Not the apostles, but his relatives, his friends, who were in the place of his birth.
His friends (ο παρ' αυτου). The phrase means literally "those from the side of him (Jesus)." It could mean another circle of disci…
19th Century
Anglican
And when his friends . . .—Literally, those from Him—i.e., from His home. As the “mother and th…
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Jesus was again being pressed by the crowds, demanding his undivided attention. When Jesus’ family heard that he was so engrossed by his work that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When his friends heard of it Not his spiritual friends, his disciples and followers, that believed in him; but his kinsme…
Christ calls whomever He wills; for His grace is His own. He had called the apostles to separate themselves from the crowd, and they came to Him. H…
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