Matthew 12:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they 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 unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
• Luke 9:49-50 : 49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 But Jesus said unto him, Forbid [him] not: for he that is not against you is for you.
• Luke 11:19 : 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore {G5124} shall they be your judges.
• Acts 19:13-16 : 13 But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were {G5100} seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, 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 mastered both of 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 stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah 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 ends 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 speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
• Luke 19:22 : 22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;