But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
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But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
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But some of the sayde: he casteth out devyls by the power of Belzebub the chefe of the devyls.
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But some of them said, He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of ye deuils.
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Passages linked to Luke 11:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”
- John 10:20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
- Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
- Matthew 12:24-30 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.” Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you. Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house. “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.
- Mark 3:22-30 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.” He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end. But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house. Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.” —because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
- Luke 11:18-19 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
- John 7:20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
- John 8:48 Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
- John 8:52 Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain An example of horrible blindness, and such as cannot…
An example of horrible blindness, and such as cannot be healed, when as upon an evil conscience, and pretended malice, the power of God is blasphemed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 15 But some of them said, He casteth out…
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
Ver. 15. See Mat 9:34; Mat 12:24.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Poole on "Mat 9:34". See Poole on "Mat…
See Poole on "Mat 9:34". See Poole on "Mat 12:24", and following verses to Mat 12:30. See Poole on "Mar 3:22", and following verses to Mar 3:27.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And others tempting him,.... Others of the Scribes and…
And others tempting him,.... Others of the Scribes and Pharisees, or Sadducees:
sought of him a sign from heaven; See Gill on Mat 12:38, Mat 16:1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain But some said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub…
But some said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub - These he answers, ver. 17. Others, to try whether it were so or no, sought a sign from heaven. These he reproves in ver. 29 and following verses. Beelzebub signifies the Lord of flies, a title which the heathens gave to Jupiter, whom they accounted the chief of their gods, and yet supposed him to be employed in driving away flies from their temple and sacrifices. The Philistines worshipped a deity under this name, as the God of Ekron: from hence the Jews took the name, and applied it to the chief of the devils. Mark iii, 22.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. some of the?n said] We learn from St…
15. some of the?n said] We learn from St Matthew (Mat_12:24) that this notable suggestion emanated from “the Pharisees” and, as St Mark (Luk_3:20) adds, from “the scribes which came from Jerusalem,” i.e. the spies who had been expressly sent down by the ruling hierarchs to dog the footsteps of Jesus, and counteract His influence. The explanation was too ingeniously wicked and cleverly plausible to come from the more unsophisticated Pharisees of Galilee.
Beelzebub] The name and reading are involved in obscurity. In 2Ki_1:3 we are told that Beelzebub was god of Ekron; and the LXX. and Josephus (Antt. ix. 2,§ 1) understood the name to mean ‘lord of flies.’ He may have been a god worshipped to avert the plagues of flies on the low sea-coast like Zeus Apomuios (Averter of flies) and Apollo Ipuktonos (Slayer of vermin). But others interpret the name to mean ‘lord of dung,’ and regard it as one of the insulting nicknames which the Jews from a literal rendering of Exo_23:13 felt bound to apply to heathen deities. In this place perhaps Beelzebub is the true reading, and that means ‘lord of the (celestial) habitation,’ i.e. prince of the air, Eph_2:3. Possibly the οἰκοδεσπότης of Mat_10:25 is an allusion to this meaning. In any case the charge was the same as that in the Talmud that Jesus wrought His miracles (which the Jews did not pretend to deny) by magic.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But some of them said, He casteth out devils…
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. The accusation seems to have been whispered among the people by the Pharisee emissaries from the capital; the words of the charge were evidently not addressed to Jesus. These men could not deny the reality of the work of healing, so they tried to suggest that the great Healer had dealings with some great evil angel, whom they call, from some old Jewish tradition, Beelzebub. In 2Ki_1:3 we read that this idol-deity was the god of Ekron. The name signifies "lord of flies." He was very likely worshipped in the low-lying cities of the sea-coast of Philistia as a god who would be likely to avert the plague of flies and insects which infested that locality. So Zeus was adored as Apomuios (the averter of flies), and Apollo as Ipuktonos (the slayer of vermin).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:15 Satan: Greek Beelzeboul (“Baal, the prince”), the name…
11:15 Satan: Greek Beelzeboul (“Baal, the prince”), the name of a Canaanite god that later came to be used as a name for Satan. The Jews mocked the name, calling him Beelzebub (“lord of the flies”).
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