Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself.

New American Standard Bible

When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

When His family heard this, they set out to restrain Him, because they said, “He’s out of His mind.”

International Standard Version

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

When His own family heard this they went to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.”

An Understandable Version

When His relatives [or friends] heard about this [i.e., all that He was doing], they went out to take custody of Him [for safety reasons?], for people were saying, "He has lost his mind."

Anderson New Testament

And when his relatives heard of it, they came out to take him; for they said: He is beside himself.

Bible in Basic English

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

Common New Testament

When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Daniel Mace New Testament

when his relations heard of this, they went to his relief, for it was said, he fainted away.

Darby Translation

And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

Godbey New Testament

And those along with Him hearing came out to arrest Him: for they continued to say, He is beside Himself.

Goodspeed New Testament

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

John Wesley New Testament

And his relations hearing of it, came out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

Julia Smith Translation

And they with him, having heard, came forth to take hold of him: for they said, That he is affected in mind.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"

Modern King James verseion

And hearing, those with Him went out to take hold of Him; for they said, He is insane.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent."

Moffatt New Testament

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

Montgomery New Testament

When his relatives heard of it, they came to take possession of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

NET Bible

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

New Heart English Bible

And when his family heard it, they went out to take charge of him: for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Noyes New Testament

And his relations hearing of it went out to lay hold of him; for they said, He is beside himself.

Sawyer New Testament

And those with him hearing of it, went out to take him; for they said, He is beside himself.

The Emphasized Bible

And they who were near to him, hearing of it, went out to secure him, - for they were saying - He is beside himself!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And when his relations heard it, they went out to restrain him, for they said, He is transported beyond all bounds.

Twentieth Century New Testament

When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

Williams New Testament

His kinsmen heard of it and came over to get hold of Him, for they kept saying, "He has gone crazy."

World English Bible

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

Worrell New Testament

And, hearing of it, His kinsmen went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He became insane!"

Worsley New Testament

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said He spends Himself too much.

Youngs Literal Translation

and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

his

Usage: 0

παρά 
Para 
of, with, from, by ... side, at, than,
Usage: 145

ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

of it, they went out
ἐξέρχομαι 
Exerchomai 
go out, come, depart, go, go forth, come out, come forth,
Usage: 164

to lay hold
κρατέω 
Krateo 
Usage: 33

on him

Usage: 0

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

Context Readings

A House Divided Cannot Stand

20 And the multitude comes together again, so as for them, no, not even to be able to eat bread. 21 And when those with him heard it, they went out to grasp him, for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scholars who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.


Cross References

John 10:20

And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad. Why do ye listen to him?

Acts 26:24

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.

Mark 3:31

Then his brothers and mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you.

2 Kings 9:11

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.

Jeremiah 29:26

LORD has made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that thou should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

Hosea 9:7

The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

John 7:3-10

His brothers therefore said to him, Depart from here, and go into Judea so that thy disciples also may see thy works that thou do.

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