SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:34
Mas los fariseos decían: Por el príncipe de los demonios echa fuera los demonios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 9:34
Verse 34. He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.] This verse is wanting in both the Greek and Latin of the C. Bezae, in another copy of the Itala, and in Hilary and Juvencus. But see on "chap. xii. 24". It is a consummate piece of malice to attribute the works of God to the devil. Envy cannot suffer the approbation which is given to the excellencies of others. Those whose hearts are possessed by this vice speak the very language of the devil. Calumny is but a little distance from envy. Though all persons may not have as much envy as the Pharisees, yet they should fear having some degree of it, as all have the principle from whence it proceeds, viz. sin.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 34. But the Pharisees said , etc.] Who were the sworn enemies of Christ, and were filled with envy at him, and malice against him: these men could not bear, that so much honour and glory should be given to Christ; and therefore said, he casteth out the devils through the prince of the devils : they could not deny matter of fact, that he had cast out a devil; nor could they say he had done an ill thing in so doing; they could not but own that it was a preternatural action, more than human; nor could they contradict what the multitude said, that no such thing had been ever seen, or known, in Israel: but that Christ might not have the glory of the action, and to fix a mark of infamy upon him, foolishly impute it to a diabolical influence, as if one devil would eject another; and to Christs familiarity with, and the assistance he had from, not a common devil, but the prince of them. In Bezas most ancient manuscript, and in some others, this whole verse is wanting; and were it not, for the general consent of copies, one should be tempted to think these words were not said at this time, because Christ returns no answer to them; and what is observed by ( Luke 11:15) as following this miracle, is the selfsame as was spoken by Christ in ( Matthew 12:24,25) and where this passage is more thoroughly considered.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 32-34 - Of the two, better a dumb devil than a blaspheming one. Christ's cure strike at the root, and remove the effect by taking away the cause they open the lips, by breaking Satan's power in the soul. Nothing can convince those who are under the power of pride. They will believ anything, however false or absurd, rather than the Holy Scriptures thus they show the enmity of their hearts against a holy God.
Greek Textus Receptus
οι 3588 T-NPM δε 1161 CONJ φαρισαιοι 5330 N-NPM ελεγον 3004 5707 V-IAI-3P εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM αρχοντι 758 N-DSM των 3588 T-GPN δαιμονιων 1140 N-GPN εκβαλλει 1544 5719 V-PAI-3S τα 3588 T-APN δαιμονια 1140 N-APN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:34 {By the prince of the devils} (en twi arconti twn daimoniwn). Demons, not devils. The codex Bezae omits this verse, but it is probably genuine. The Pharisees are becoming desperate and, unable to deny the reality of the miracles, they seek to discredit them by trying to connect Jesus with the devil himself, the prince of the demons. They will renew this charge later (#Mt 12:24) when Jesus will refute it with biting sarcasm.
