The Pharisees (ο δε Φαρισαιο). Already (Matthew 9:32–34) we have had in Matthew the charge that Jesus is in league wit…

But when the Pharisees heard it. It was nece ary for the Pharisees, who had determined to reject Jesus of Nazareth, to account in some…

Beelzebub the prince of the devils—(See Notes on Matthew 9:34; Matthew 10:25.) The words appear to have been whispered …

This was their former concoction. It was old and stale, yet for lack of a better or more bitter suggestion, they stick to it.

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord had already refuted the Pharisees above, when they brought false charges against Christ's miracles,…

The astonishment of the crowd prompted the question (v.23). Its form in Greek suggests the crowds were none too sure: “This couldn’t be the Son of …

But when the Pharisees heard it. The scribes cannot withhold acknowledgment of a fact so open and manifest, and yet they maliciously find …

But when the Pharisees heard it Very probably not the same that went out and held a council against Christ to destroy him ([Referen…

A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God and dumb at the throne of grace; it sees nothing and says nothing…

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…