When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
Many of them said: "He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?"
While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly: "You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad."
For, if we were "beside ourselves," it was in God's service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!