Verse 21 To lay hold on him; to take him away from the danger which they supposed him to be in.--For they said; that is, the people said; and then, in Mark 3:22-30, there is a particular account of their charging him with being possessed with an evil spirit, (Mark 3:30,) or with being beside himself, as it is expressed in Mark 3:21, and his answer to the charge. It was the anxiety for his safety, produced by this increasing excitement against him, which led his mother an his other friends to come and endeavor to take him away, as mentioned Mark 3:21, and afterwards more particularly in Mark 3:31.