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.”
Mark 3:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then Jesus’ mother and [half-] brothers came and stood outside [i.e., of a large house. See Matt. 12:46-13:1]. They sent a message to Him, asking Him to come out to them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then His mother and His brothers came and, standing outside, they sent word to Him, calling [for] Him. American Standard Version (1901) And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. Common English Bible His mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent word to him, calling for him. Catholic Public Domain Version And his mother and brothers arrived. And standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him. |
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.”
Jesus said all this because these experts in the Law of Moses had been saying; “He has an evil spirit in him.”
Someone in the large crowd that was sitting around Him said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”