Luke 12:10

it shall be forgiven him Thus our Lord prayed even for His murderers. This large rich promise is even further amplified in Matthew 12:31. It is the sign of a dispensation different from that of Moses, Leviticus 24:16.

unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost The other passages in which mention is made of this awful -unpardonable sin" and of the "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost" are Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:29-30; 1 John 5:16. The latter sin is expressly declared to be closely connected with the attributing of Christ's miracles to Beelzebub On the exact nature of the -unpardonable sin" theologians have speculated in vain, and all that we can see is that it must be the most flagrant degree of sin against the fullest light and knowledge.

it shall not be forgiven St Matthew adds "neither in this age (or -this dispensation"), nor in the age to come (the -future dispensation," i.e. the dispensation of the Messianic kingdom)." The two terms -this aeon" and -the future aeon" are of constantoccurrence in Rabbinic literature. The passage if it means more than -in either dispensation" proves, as St Augustine says, that some would be forgiven if not in this life yet in the next (De Civ. Dei, Luke 21:24).