Matthew 12:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσιν; διὰ τοῦτο αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν ἔσονται κριταὶ.

Transliteration

And if egō by Beelzeboul ekballō the daimonia, the huioi of you by whom ekballousin? Therefore they of you esontai kritai.

Grammar Details

• *egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st singular - I
• *ekballō*: present, active, indicative, 1st singular - I cast out
• *daimonia*: accusative, neuter, plural - demons/evil spirits
• *huioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - sons/children/disciples
• *ekballousin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they cast out
• *esontai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd plural - they will be
• *kritai*: nominative, masculine, plural - judges

Word Meanings

• *Beelzeboul*: lord of flies/lord of dung/a name for Satan
• *daimonia*: demons/evil spirits/supernatural beings
• *huioi*: sons/children/disciples/followers
• *ekballousin*: cast out/expel/drive out
• *kritai*: judges/those who render judgment

Referenced Verses

• Mark 9:38-39 : 38 John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us. 39 But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.
• Luke 9:49-50 : 49 And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us. 50 But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.
• Luke 11:19 : 19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
• Acts 19:13-16 : 13 But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching. 14 And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this. 15 And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.
• Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
• Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;