Matthew 12:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall 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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 9:38-39 : 38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Luke 9:49-50 : 49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
Luke 11:19 : 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
Acts 19:13-16 : 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Luke 19:22 : 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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