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Luke 11:19
19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
Luke 11:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said.
Context of Luke 11:19
17Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.
Read all of Luke 11Luke 11:19 word by word
εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἐν Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τίνι ἐκβάλλουσιν; διὰ τοῦτο αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν κριταὶ ἔσονται.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- BeelzebubΒεελζεβούλBeelzeboul · BeelzebulG954
- cast outἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
- devilsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- devilsδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
- whomτίςtis · which?G5101
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- thereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- shallεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- judgesκριτήςkritēs · judgeG2923
Cross-references for Luke 11:19
- Luke 9:49“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
- Matthew 12:27And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
- Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
- Luke 19:22“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
- Job 15:6Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Commentaries on Luke 11:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Beelzebub - See on Matthew 10:25; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-26Verses 14-26 Christ's thus casting out the devils, was really the destroying of their power. The heart of every unconverted sinner is the devil's palace, where he dwells, and where he rules. There is a kind of peace in the heart of an unconverted soul, while the devil, as a strong man armed, keeps it. The sinner is secure, has no doubt concerning the goodness of his state, nor any dread of the judgment to come. But observe the wonderful change made in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-32Jesus faced two challenges. He answered the first, an accusation that he was driving out demons by Satan's power (11:15), in 11:17–26. The second was a demand for "a sign from heaven" (11:16). He answered this in 11:29–32.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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