The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:25-37
Our Lord shows the monstrous character of their accusation, and urges the need of a complete change at heart. read more
マタイによる福音書 12:25-28 Jc
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:26
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then. The transposition in the Revised Version to how then shall brings out more distinctly the fact that then is not temporal, but argumentative ( οὖν .). His kingdom stand? To De Wette's objection that Satan might perhaps do such a thing once so as to gain in other ways, Meyer answers that our Lord is referring to the practice of casting out devils, which, as such, is certainly directed against Satan. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:27
And ( καί ). Another stage in his argument. There is a further reason why they should hesitate before making such an accusation; their own disciples claimed to be able to cast out devils. If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children ; sons (Revised Version); i.e. your pupils, who will carry on your work (cf. "sons of the prophets"). Cast them out? (cf. Matthew 4:24 , note). For examples of such cases by others than professed followers of Christ, see Luke 9:49 ; ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:27-28
Parallel passage: Luke 11:19 , Luke 11:20 , almost verbally identical. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:28
The argument continues: "But if this be so (I say nothing about your disciples, but speak only of my own works)—if I really cast out devils by God's help, this shows such a strange putting forth of God's strength that it can mean nothing else but the coming of the Messianic kingdom." Observe that this could not be affirmed from the success of the Pharisees' disciples, for with them expulsion of devils, even if it were real, was, as it were, accidental, standing in no close connexion with... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:28
An argument with a warning. "But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you." The sin against the Holy Ghost, which cannot be forgiven, has been so much misunderstood, because its immediate relations have not been sufficiently noticed. It has been treated as a general form of sin, of which any one may be guilty, rather than as a specific sin, of which a particular class of persons in a particular age were guilty. Our Lord was replying to certain... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 12:22-30
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mark 3:22-27, and Luke 11:14-26.Matthew 12:23Is not this the Son of David? - That is, Is not this the promised “descendant” of David, the Messiah? They were acquainted with the prophecy in Isaiah 35:5, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped,” and they inferred that he must be the promised Messiah who was able to do... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:25-26
Matthew 12:25-26. And Jesus knew their thoughts “It often happens, that through ignorance or weakness men form wrong judgments of things;” a conduct which, though censurable, admits of some excuse: “but when wrong judgments proceed from evil dispositions, then, indeed, do they become highly culpable. Therefore, to show that the judgment which the Pharisees passed at this time upon our Lord’s miracles was of the latter kind, the evangelist observes, that Jesus knew their thoughts: he knew... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:27-28
Matthew 12:27-28. And if I by Beelzebub, &c. This is the second argument made use of by Jesus for confuting the calumny of the Pharisees; by whom do your children cast them out? As if he had said, “For the same reason that you attribute my miracles to the devil, you may attribute all the miracles that ever were wrought in the world to the devil, and particularly the miracles of your own prophets which, nevertheless, you acknowledge to be divine.” To this purpose Dr. Chandler... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:25
Matthew 12:25 , Matthew 12:26 , parallel passages: Mark 3:24 , Mark 3:25 ; Luke 11:17 , Luke 11:18 . And Jesus knew their thoughts ( Matthew 9:4 , note), and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation . According to Mark 3:23 , our Lord begins with the direct retort, "How can Satan cast out Satan?" But while that gives, of course, our Lord's thought, it is very unlike his method, which is to begin his reply with a parabolic saying. And... read more