Verse 34
34. But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils—"the demons through the prince of the demons." This seems to be the first muttering of a theory of such miracles which soon became a fixed mode of calumniating them—a theory which would be ridiculous if it were not melancholy as an outburst of the darkest malignity. (See on Matthew 9:1, &c.).
Matthew 9:1- :. THIRD GALILEAN CIRCUIT—MISSION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.
As the Mission of the Twelve supposes the previous choice of them—of which our Evangelist gives no account, and which did not take place till a later stage of our Lord's public life—it is introduced here out of its proper place, which is after what is recorded in Matthew 9:1- :.
Third Galilean Circuit (Matthew 9:1- :) —and probably the last.
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