Mark 3:20-27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:21

‘And when His family and long time friends heard it they went out to lay hold on Him, for they said, “He is beside Himself”.’ This is omitted by Matthew and Luke. They probably did not feel it suitable out of respect for the ‘family’ who were by now believers. Possibly also they felt it slightly irreverent. It was not the kind of thing they liked said about the Lord. ‘His family and long time friends.’ The phrase is literally ‘those alongside Him.’ It can mean compatriots or friends or envoys... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:22

‘And the Scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzeboul, and by the prince of the devils he casts out devils”.’ Note the immediate parallel with what Jesus’ family and friends were saying of Him. They said that He was mad. These said that He was possessed with a powerful devil. The world can never understand those who truly follow Jesus Christ. ‘The scribes who came down from Jerusalem.’ It was certainly something pretty important that drew these great teachers to wretched... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:22-30

The Scribes from Jerusalem and the Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit (3:22-30). By now Jesus had attracted the attention not only of the local Scribes but of the great Doctors from Jerusalem. They had probably been called in because of the influence that He was having. And once they had considered His accomplishments they knew that they could only come to one of two conclusions. Either they had to admit that His casting out of evil spirits was accomplished by the power of God, meaning that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:23-26

‘And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.” Jesus called them to Him, and when they came He pointed out that if what they were saying was true then Satan was engaged in civil war and would thus destroy himself. He would be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:27

‘But no one can enter into the house of the strong man and spoil his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then he will spoil his house.’ For it is evident that only one who is stronger than the strong man, the ‘stronger than he’ (Luke 11:22), can enter his house and bind the strong man. He alone can spoil his goods. And by casting out evil spirits this was exactly what Jesus was doing. He was proving Himself to be stronger than the ‘lord of the house’, the strong man. He had bound Satan... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 3:20-35

Mark 3:20-Habakkuk : . The Answer of Jesus to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes and the Intervention of His Family.— The introduction of this section would naturally link with Mark 3:6. Jesus returns home (presumably, to the house of Simon in Capernaum) after the second scene in the synagogue in Mark 3:1-Joshua :. Mk. has broken the thread of the original tradition in order to insert the list of the apostles. He certainly divides Mark 3:20 f. from Mark 3:31-Habakkuk : in order to associate... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 3:20-21

There is no small dispute who are here called our Saviour’s friends, οι παρ’ αυτου, those who were of him, whether it signifieth his neighbours, the citizens of his city, or his nearer relations, those who belonged to the family of which he was (for he had some brethren that did not believe in him, John 7:5). They went to lay hands on him, that is, to take him from the multitude, which pressed upon him by force, (for so the word signifies), for they said, He is beside himself, εξεστη: various... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 3:22-30

Here is no passage in all this piece of history, but what the reader will find opened these notes: See Poole on "Matthew 9:34","Matthew 12:24", and following verses to Matthew 12:32. To which I refer the reader. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 3:20-30

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 3:21. His friends.—His kinsfolk or near relatives. Beside Himself.—In an ecstatic state. They thought He was carried away by His zeal and devotion beyond all self-control.Mark 3:22. Beelzebub.—Beelzebul, meaning either “lord of the dwelling,” or “lord of filth”—the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed lordship over evil spirits. “He hath Beelzebul” is equivalent to saying, “He is possessed not merely by a demon, but by Satan himself.”Mark 3:27.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 3:22-26

Mark 3:22-26 Christ now encounters open hostility in addition to friendly, though mischievous remonstrance. A theory of explanation was proposed by the scribes. Christ's answer to that theory shows (1) that the opinions of leading minds may be entirely fallacious; and (2) that common sense often suggests the best answer to fanciful theories respecting the work of Christ. Christ's whole answer turned upon the common sense of His position. He does not plead authority; nor does He plead exemption... read more

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