SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:24
Mas los Fariseos, oyndolo, decían: Este no echa fuera los demonios, sino por Beelzeb, príncipe de los demonios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:24
Verse 24. Beelzebub] See chap. x. 25.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. But when the Pharisees heard it , etc.] 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 were with him in the house, and saw the miracle: these, when they heard what the people said, and how ready they were to believe, and own Jesus to be the Messiah, in order to prevent it, being filled with envy and malice, they said, this fellow doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub, the prince of devils . They could not deny the miracle, or that it was one; but to deprive him of the glory of it, and even reproach him for it, and to bring him into contempt with the people, they not only speak of him in a scornful manner, outov , this sorry man, this vile fellow; but ascribe the miracle he wrought to familiarity with the devil, to diabolical influence and skill in magic art: they pretended he was in confederacy with Satan, and was carrying on his interest: and therefore, that he might gain credit and reputation, the prince of devils suffered the inferior ones to remove at his word: and of these their ancestors, the Jews have learnt to fix this vile imputation, and blasphemous piece of slander upon Christ; who, they say f739 , brought enchantments, or witchcrafts, out of Egypt, in the cuttings of his flesh, whereby he performed the things he did. Concerning Beelzebub, See Gill Matthew 10:25 here called the prince of devils; it being a prevailing notion among the Jews, that there is one devil who is the head of all the rest, and who is by them sometimes called Asmodeus: they say f740 , when Solomon sinned against the Lord, he sent to him ydyd aklm yadma , Asmodeus the king of the devils, and drove him from his throne, and so elsewhere f741 : and sometimes Samael, who is styled f742 Samael the prince, ydd aklm , the king of devils; and the angel Samael, the wicked, ynjh lk ar , the head of all the Satans, or devils f743 : and we often read of nhygh r , the prince of hell; by whom the same is meant, as here, by Beelzebub; for if anyone devil is more wicked, odious, and execrable than the rest, the chief of them may be thought to be so; for which reason he is here mentioned.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 say nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals u the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the mor desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Sata aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divide against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesu cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove tha their children cast them out by any other power. There are two grea interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith an obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid of rejoice in such a change are against Christ.
Greek Textus Receptus
οι 3588 T-NPM δε 1161 CONJ φαρισαιοι 5330 N-NPM ακουσαντες 191 5660 V-AAP-NPM ειπον 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3P ουτος 3778 D-NSM ουκ 3756 PRT-N εκβαλλει 1544 5719 V-PAI-3S τα 3588 T-APN δαιμονια 1140 N-APN ει 1487 COND μη 3361 PRT-N εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM βεελζεβουλ 954 N-PRI αρχοντι 758 N-DSM των 3588 T-GPN δαιμονιων 1140 N-GPN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
12:24 {The Pharisees} (hoi de farisaioi). Already (#Mt 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 10:25 about "Beelzebub." The Pharisees feel that the excited condition of the crowds and the manifest disposition to believe that Jesus is the Messiah (the Son of David) demand strenuous action on their part. They cannot deny the fact of the miracles for the blind and dumb men both saw and spoke (#12:22). So in desperation they suggest that Jesus works by the power of Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
