Text -- Matthew 12:24 (NET)

12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 12:24

¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

² tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.

³ tn Or “prince.”