And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
 

3:22 Beelzebub. This “prince of the devils” is Satan, of course, but the name apparently came originally from the name of a Philistine idol, Baalzebul, meaning “Lord Baal.” It appears that the Hebrews sarcastically changed this to Beelzebub, meaning “Lord of the flies.”

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