Difference between revisions of "Beelzebul"

<p> So it ought to be read in &nbsp;Matthew 12:24; &nbsp;Mark 3:22; &nbsp;Luke 11:15, etc. The Jews, in ridicule, changed Baalzebub, the [[Ekronite]] "god of flies", into Beelzebul, "god of dung" (which however is zebel , as they changed [[Beth-El]] ("house of God") into [[Beth-Aven]] ("house of vanity"), when the golden calf was set up there. [[Zebul]] means "dwelling," lord of this lower world, "prince of the power of the air" (&nbsp;Ephesians 2:2), and taking up his "dwelling" in human bodies (&nbsp;Matthew 12:45). </p> <p> Thus "master of the house" and "master of the dwelling" (Beelzebul) stand in happy contrast (&nbsp;Matthew 10:25). As the Ekronite god was applied to by [[Ahaziah]] to east, out his disease, so the [[Jews]] taunted Jesus as using the same idol power to east out demons. [[Idols]] and demons, moreover, had a close connection (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:20-21). [[Beelzebul]] was thought to be the foul prince of both. </p>