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Jesus and Beelzebul

22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus[a] healed him so that he could speak and see.[b] 23 All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees[c] heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul,[d] the ruler[e] of demons!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:22 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Matthew 12:22 tn Grk “so that the mute man spoke and saw.”
  3. Matthew 12:24 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
  4. Matthew 12:24 tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.
  5. Matthew 12:24 tn Or “prince.”

Jesus and Beelzebul(A)

22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.(B) 23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”(C)

24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul,(D) the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”(E)

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