when: Some render, "And they who were with him (in the house, Mark 3:19), hearing (the noise) went out to restrain (αυτον:, i.e., οχλον: strong:G3793, the multitude), for they said, It (the mob) is mad." This, however, is contrary to all the versions; and appears an unnatural construction.
friends: or, kinsmen, Mark 3:31; John 7:3-10