Beelzebub the prince of the devils. — (See Notes on Matthew 9:34; Matthew 10:25.) The words appear to have been whispered by the Pharisees among the people. They were not addressed to Jesus. The charge is significant as showing that the Pharisees admitted the reality of the work of healing which they had witnessed, and were driven to explain it by assuming demoniacal agency.
Verse Matthew 12:24. _BEELZEBUB_] See Matthew 10:25....
THEN WAS BROUGHT UNTO HIM ONE POSSESSED WITH A DEVIL - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mark 3:22, and Luke 11:14....
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke 12:10;...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
Then there was brought to him a man possessed by a devil, blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw. The crowds were beside themselves with amazement. "Surely, they said, "t...
PHARISEES. See App-120. THIS FELLOW. this [man]. Not emphatic. DEVILS. demons. BUT. except. BY. in [the power of]. Greek. _en_. BEELZEBUB. See note on Matthew 10:25....
The Charge, "He casteth out devils by Beelzebub." The Answer of Jesus Mark 3:22-27; Luke 11:17. 24. _Beelzebub_ See ch. Matthew 10:25....
ΒΕΕΛΖΕΒΟΎΛ. See ch. Matthew 10:25....
THE CHARGE, ‘HE CASTETH OUT DEVILS BY BEELZEBUB.’ THE ANSWER OF JESUS Mark 3:22-27; Luke 11:15...
VER 22. THEN WAS BROUGHT UNTO HIM ONE POSSESSED WITH A DEVIL, BLIND AND DUMB: AND HE HEALED HIM, INSOMUCH THAT THE BLIND AND DUMB BOTH SPAKE AND SAW. 23. AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED, AND SAID, IS N...
_THE WARNING FROM THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:22-37:_ After Jesus healed the demon-possessed man the multitude asked, "could this be the Son of David?" (Matthew 12:23) The Pharisees spoke scornfully of the...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). ΆΡΧΟΝΤΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΆΡΧΩΝ (G758) правитель, князь. _Dat._ с _предл._ означает: "под контроле...
THIS FELLOW DOTH NOT CAST OUT, &C.— The Pharisees affirmed, that Jesus performed his miracles, particularly on possessed persons, by the assistance of Beelzebub, for two reasons; _first_, Jesus had al...
Section 28 JESUS ANSWERS THE CHARGE OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN (Parallel: Mark 3:19-30) TEXT: 12:22-37 22. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed hi...
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT. Mark (Mark 3:22) says "the scribes which...
24 It is usual to associate this chief of the demons with the god of Ekron, called Baalzebub, _ Owner _ or _ Lord of Flies _ (2Ki_1:2). This the Septuagint renders _ Baal muian, Baal fly_. But all the...
12:24 by (e-16) _ En_ , lit. 'in the power of.' see Note c, ch. 3.11....
BY BEELZEBUB] see on Matthew 10:25....
THE PHARISEES ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB (Mark 3:22 cp. Luke 11:17; Matthew 9:32). The ridiculous charge of the Pharisees is strong evidence of the genuineness of Christ's miracles...
PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
_Demoniac healed and Pharisaic calumny repelled_ (Mark 3:22-30; Luke 11:14-23 _cf._ Matthew 9:32-34). The healing of a blind and dumb demoniac has its place here not for its own sake, as a miracle, bu...
Οἱ δὲ φαρισαῖοι. They of course have a very different opinion. In Mark these were men come down from Jerusalem, to watch, not to lay hold of Jesus, Galilee not being under the direct jurisdiction of t...
SLANDER FROM EVIL HEARTS Matthew 12:24-37 Spite and hatred absolutely blind the eyes and distort the judgment. They reached their climax in this effort of the Pharisees to discredit Christ. They coul...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN (BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST) Mark 3:20-30; Matthew 12:22-37; & Luke 11:14-23. Mark: “And they come into the house; and again a multitude comes together, so that they are not
"But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. (25) And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divi...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_OPPONENTS OF RELIGION_ ‘This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.’ Matthew 12:24 There are many difficulties associated with the interpretation of this chapt...
24._But when the Pharisees heard it. _The scribes cannot withhold the acknowledgment of a fact so open and manifest, and yet they maliciously carp (105) at what Christ did by Divine power. Not only do...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT,.... Very probably not the same that went out, and held a council against Christ to destroy him, Matthew 12:14 but others that were come from Judea and Jerusalem, and...
But when the Pharisees heard _it_, they said, This _fellow_ doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. Ver. 24. _This fellow doth not cast out devils, &c._] The devil that w...
_Then was brought unto him_ Namely, By the person's friends, _one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb_ Many, no doubt, supposed these defects to be merely natural: but the Spirit of God saw otherwi...
BEELZEBUB; this name, among the Jews was applied to the prince of unclean spirits. By applying it to Christ, they expressed the utmost contempt. The ascription to the devil of what is performed by the...
BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT, THEY SAID, THIS FELLOW DOTH NOT CAST OUT DEVILS BUT BY BEELZEBUB, THE PRINCE OF THE DEVILS. This thought was provoked by the frank expression of amazement on the part...
A demoniac healed:...
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
22-30 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; sees nothing, and says nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbel...
We met with the same blasphemous calumny from the same persons, MATTHEW 9:34. The Pharisees, not acknowledging the Deity of Christ, nor that he was the Messiah, were for their interest concerned not t...
Origen Against Celsus Book II He, indeed, manifested Himself among the Jews as the power of God, by the miracles which He performed, which Celsus suspected were accomplished by sorcery, but which by...
Matthew 12:24 Now G1161 Pharisees G5330 heard G191 (G5660) said G2036 (G5627) This G3778 does G1544 not...
THE HOLY SPIRIT TRIUMPHS OVER THE EVIL SPIRIT WORLD ESTABLISHING THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD FOR ALL WHO WILL HEAR AND RESPOND (12:22-32). Following on this emphasis on the coming of the Servant of YHWH wi...
‘But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This one does not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, the prince of the demons.” Note the contemptuous ‘this one'. In direct contrast to the crowds the...
Matthew 12:24. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT. According to Luke, some who were present; according to Mark, ‘the scribes which came down from Jerusalem,' probably sent to spy out his actions. A publi...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50) after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
THE PHARISEES (ο δε Φαρισαιο). Already (Matthew 9:32-34) we have had in Matthew the charge that Jesus is in league with the prince of demons, though the incident may be later than this one. See on M...
DEVILS demons. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD THIS. Mark says some of these were teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem. The religious authorities were watching Jesus closely. Beelzebul gives HIM POWER TO DO SO....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:24 ONLY BY BEELZEBUL, THE PRINCE OF DEMONS. See note on 10:25. ⇐...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING UNDER SATAN'S POWER MATTHEW 12:24-37; MARK 3:20-30; LUKE 11:15-23; MATTHEW 12:24 But w
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:23. IS NOT THIS THE SON OF DAVID?—See “The Parallel New Testament” (1882). The “not” is omitted in both columns. It “was wisely omitted by King James’ translators. It is no...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
Luke 11:15; Matthew 12:27; Mark 3:22; Matthew 9:34...
Mark 3:22....