20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
Focused Passage
Mark 3:20-21
The Servant-King Confronted: Sabbath Mercy, Demonic Accusation, and the Family of God
Mark 3 moves from Sabbath mercy rejected by hardened leaders, to crowds drawn by Jesus' power, to the appointment of the Twelve, to escalating accusations from family and scribes, and finally to Jesus' declaration that his true family consists of those who do God's will.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 20
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Then Καὶ G2532 Conjunction [Jesus] went ἔρχεται G2064 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular - εἰς G1519 Preposition home οἶκον G3624 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction once again πάλιν G3825 Adverb a ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular crowd ὄχλος G3793 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular gathered συνέρχεται G4905 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular so that ὥστε G5620 Conjunction [He and His disciples] could δύνασθαι G1410 Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive not μὴ G3361 Adverb even μηδὲ G3366 Conjunction vvv αὐτοὺς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural eat φαγεῖν G5315 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active - ἄρτον G740 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
BSB notes
- Literally Then He comes to a house
Verse 21
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[When] καὶ G2532 Conjunction vvv οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural His family παρ’ G3844 Preposition . . . αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular heard [about this] ἀκούσαντες G191 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural they went out ἐξῆλθον G1831 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural to take custody κρατῆσαι G2902 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active of Him αὐτόν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular - γὰρ G1063 Conjunction saying ἔλεγον G2036 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - ὅτι G3754 Conjunction He is out of His mind Ἐξέστη G1839 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular