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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
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A Desperate Accusation
Commentators explain that the Pharisees were cornered. They could not deny the reality of Jesus's miracle, and the crowd was beginning to believe He was the Messiah. To protect their own authority, they made a desperate accusation, acknowledging the superhuman power at work but maliciously attributing it to Satan rather than God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But when the Pharisees heard it. It was necessary for the Pharisees, who had determined to reject Jesus of Nazareth, to account in som…
The Pharisees (ο δε Φαρισαιο). Already (Matthew 9:32–34) we have had in Matthew the charge that Jesus is in league wit…
19th Century
Anglican
Beelzebub the prince of the devils—(See Notes on Matthew 9:34; Matthew 10:25.) The words appear to have been whispered …
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Baptist
This was their former concoction. It was old and stale, yet for lack of a better or more bitter suggestion, they stick to it.
Our Lord was t…
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
But when the Pharisees heard it. The scribes cannot withhold acknowledgment of a fact so open and manifest, and yet they maliciously find …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
