^3:22The experts in the law⁴⁴ who came down from Jerusalem⁴⁵ said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,”⁴⁶ and, “By the ruler⁴⁷ of demons he casts out demons.”

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Footnotes

44 Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in .
45 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
46 Grk “He has Beelzebul.” Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.
47 Or “prince.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!” and “By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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