Verse 25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
On this place, Adam Clarke pointedly wrote,
Can any man who pretends to be a scholar or disciple of Jesus Christ expect to be treated well by the world? Will not the world love its own? and them only? Why then so much impatience under suffering, such an excessive sense of injuries, such delicacy? Can you expect anything from the world better than you receive?[8]
Beelzebub is actually "Beelzebul" in the Greek (English Revised Version (1885) margin); and Clarke details the meaning thus, "Baal," the old god of the Canaanites, was coupled with [~zebul] which means "dunghill"! By this, they called the old god of their ancient enemies "the dunghill god"! Their unqualified hatred of Christ is seen in their employment of this vile word as a name for him.
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