And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
They condemn in Christ what they praise in their own children, which shows their judgment springs not from justice but from blind hatred and self-love. Their exorcists cast out demons, yet the Pharisees do not cry Beelzebul against them; this inequality exposes the malice of their decision.
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Satan blinds the eye of faith and seals up the lips of prayer; a soul under his power sees nothing and says nothing to the purpose. But Christ's mercy is directly opposite to Satan's malice. When Satan's power breaks, the eyes open to see God's glory and the lips open to speak His praise.
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Commenting on Matthew 12:22-37
And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man,.... By whom is meant, not any man, as Grotius thought, but the Lord Jesus Christ, so often called "the son of man", on account of his human nature, in which he appeared in great meanness and obscurity.