Markus 3:22

3:22 The experts in the law ¹  who came down from Jerusalem ²  said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” ³  and, “By the ruler ⁴  of demons he casts out demons.”

Markus 7:26

7:26 The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She ⁵  asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Markus 9:28

9:28 Then, ⁶  after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Markus 9:38

On Jesus’ Side

9:38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”

[3:22]  ¹ tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[3:22]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:22]  ³ tn Grk “He has Beelzebul.”

[3:22]  sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.

[3:22]  ⁴ tn Or “prince.”

[7:26]  ⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:28]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.