6 Bible Verses about Madness

The Jews were again divided over these words. A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?" Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"

But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This fellow only casts out daemons by Beelzebul the prince of daemons."

but the crowd gathered again, so that it was impossible even to have a meal. 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." But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

but some of them said, "It is by Beelzebul the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

When he brought this forward in his defence, Festus called out, "Paul, you are quite mad! Your great learning is driving you insane." "Your excellency," said Paul to Festus, "I am not mad, I am speaking the sober truth.

'I am beside myself,' am I? Well, that is between myself and God. I am 'sane,' am I? Well, that is in your interests;