And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”
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.
Commenting on Mark 3:22-30
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?
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" .