Matius 12:23-24
Konteks12:23 All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?” 12:24 But when the Pharisees 1 heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, 2 the ruler 3 of demons!”
Matius 23:13
Konteks23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law 4 and you Pharisees, hypocrites! 5 You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! 6 For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
[12:24] 1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
[12:24] 2 tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”
[12:24] sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.
[23:13] 4 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
[23:13] 5 tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so throughout this chapter).
[23:13] 6 tn Grk “because you are closing the kingdom of heaven before people.”