MATTHEW 10:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?”
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household? The Beelzebul accusation (already anticipated from 9:34 and fully engaged in 12:24) is the model for the treatment the disciples will receive: if the master is called demonic, the students will be called the same or worse. Beelzebul (lord of the flies, or lord of dung) was a Philistine deity's name applied insultingly to the chief of demons. The disciples who share in the teacher's mission share in the teacher's dishonor — and should expect nothing better.
Church Fathers on Matthew 10:25
Because it should come to pass that His disciples among their other persecutions should suffer loss of character, which to many is the most grievous of all calamities, He consoles them from His own example, and those things that were spoken of Him; a comfort to which no other can be compared.
For the Lord, the Light eternal, the Captain of the faithful, the Parent of immortality, set before His disciples this solace of the sufferings that should come upon them, that we should embrace it as our glory when we are made like to our Lord in suffering; whence He says, 'The disciple is not above his master, nor the slave above his lord.'
He calls Himself master and lord; by disciple and servant He denotes His Apostles.
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