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Beelzebul Controversy

Data

(1a) 2Q: Luke 11:14-15,17-18 = Matt 12:22-26
(1b) Matt 9:32-34
(2) Mark 3:22-26

 

Texts

(1a) 2Q: Luke 11:14-15,17-18


11:14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. 11:15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons." 11:16 Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. 11:17 But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. 11:18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? --for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.

= Matt 12:22-26
12:22 Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see. 12:23 All the crowds were amazed and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, that this fellow casts out the demons." 12:25 He knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 12:26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

 

(1b) Matt 9:32-34

9:32 After they had gone away, a demoniac who was mute was brought to him. 9:33 And when the demon had been cast out, the one who had been mute spoke; and the crowds were amazed and said, "Never has anything like this been seen in Israel." 9:34 But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons."

 

(2) Mark 3:22-26

3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." 3:23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 3:24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 3:25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 3:26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.

 

 

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 121
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Attestation: Double
Historicity: +
Common Sayings Tradition: No

 

 

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