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Mark 3:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.


Mark 3:22Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 3:2221 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
γραμματεῖςgrammateis
scribesnounG1122
οἱhoi
thosearticleG3588
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
ἹεροσολύμωνHierosolymōn
JerusalemnounG2414
καταβάντεςkatabantes
having come downverbG2597
ἔλεγονelegon
were sayingverbG3004
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ΒεελζεβοὺλBeelzeboul
BeelzebulnounG954
ἔχειechei
He hasverbG2192
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ἐνen
ByprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ἄρχοντιarchonti
princenounG758
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
δαιμονίωνdaimoniōn
demonsnounG1140
ἐκβάλλειekballei
He casts outverbG1544
τὰta
thearticleG3588
δαιμόνιαdaimonia
demonsnounG1140
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 3:22

the Lord leads the Apostles, when they were elected, into a house, as if admonishing them, that after having received the Apostleship, they should retire to look on their own consciences.

Bede · 8th century

That is, He has a devil and is mad, and therefore they wished to lay hold upon Him, that they might shut Him up as one who had a devil. And even His friends wished to do this, that is, His relations, perchance His countrymen, or His brethren. But it was a silly insanity in them, to conceive that the Worker of such great miracles of Divine Wisdom had become mad.

Theophylact · 11th century

But mystically, the house to which they came, is the early Church. The crowds which prevent their eating bread are sins and vices; for he who eateth unworthily, 'eateth and drinketh damnation to himself.' [1 Cor 11:29]

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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