Mark 3:22 (BSB)
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
Commentary on Mark 3:22
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 3:22-30: 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, Mar 3:22.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 3:22: And he called them unto him,.... The Jerusalem Scribes, to come nearer to him, and attend to what he had to say in defence of his character and miracles: and said unto them in parables: similitudes, and proverbial expressions, as the following seem to be, how can Satan cast out Satan? or one devil cast out another? how unreasonable is it to suppose it?
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 3:22: Verses 22-30. And the Scribes, etc. . The occasion of their saying this was, that he had healed a man possessed with a devil. the scribes, who came from Jerusalem to watch his conduct, charged it on a compact or agreement between him and the prince of the devils. (q) "He hath Beelzebub" .
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Mark 3:22: He hath Beelzebub - See on Mat 12:24-26 (note).