Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Luke 11:19
And if I by Beelzebub (ei de egw en Beezeboul). Also a condition of the first class, determined as fulfilled. A Greek condition deals only with the statement, not with the actual facts. For sake of argument, Jesus here assumes that he casts out demons by Beelzebub. The conclusion is a reductio AD absurdum. The Jewish exorcists practiced incantations against demons (Acts 19:13).
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