Matthew 12:27

And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man,.... By whom is meant, not any man, as Grotius thought, but the Lord Jesus Christ, so often called "the son of man", on account of his human…

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil - See the notes at Mat 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mar 3:22-27, and Luk 11:14-26. Mat 12:23 Is not this the Son of David? -…

In these verses we have,

I. Christ's glorious conquest of Satan, in the gracious cure of one who, by the divine permission, was under his power, and in his possession, Mat 12:22. Here observe,

1. The…

by whom do your children cast them out? The children are the disciples of the Pharisees, who either really possessed the power of casting out evil spirits, or pretended to have that power. In either…