30Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
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And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-30)I. Here is, The impudent impious brand which the scribes fastened upon Christ’s casting out devils, that they might evade and invalidate the conviction of it, and have a poor excuse for not yielding to it. These scribes came down from Jerusalem , Mark 3:22. It should seem they came this long journey on purpose to hinder the progress of the doctrine of Christ; such pains did they take to do mischie…
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