Mat 10:24, Mar 2:18, Joh 9:28 | Barnes | STEP | Verses 24,25. The disciple is not above his Master , etc. That is, you must expect the same treatment which I have received. They have called me, your Master and Teacher, Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, ) and you must expect that they will call all of the family by the same name. Beelzebub , or Beelzebul , was a god of the Eckronites. See . The word literally means the god of flies , so called because this idol was supposed to protect them from the numerous swarms of flies with which that country is supposed to have abounded. The word also signified, among the Jews, the god of filth , and was esteemed as the most low and offensive of all the idol gods. Hence the name was given to the leader, or prince, of all the devils, . By giving the name to Christ, they poured upon him the greatest possible abuse and contempt. (p) "The disciple is not"

Matthew 10:24

Verses 24,25. The disciple is not above his Master, etc. That is, you must expect the same treatment which I have received. They have called me, your Master and Teacher, Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, Mt 12:24, Lk 11:15, Jn 8:48) and you must expect that they will call all of the family by the same name. Beelzebub, or Beelzebul, was a god of the Eckronites. See 2Kgs 1:2. The word literally means the god of flies, so called because this idol was supposed to protect them from the numerous swarms of flies with which that country is supposed to have abounded. The word also signified, among the Jews, the god of filth, and was esteemed as the most low and offensive of all the idol gods. Hence the name was given to the leader, or prince, of all the devils, Lk 11:15, Mk 3:22. By giving the name to Christ, they poured upon him the greatest possible abuse and contempt.

(p) "The disciple is not" Lk 6:40, Jn 13:16, 15:20

Mark 2:18

Verse 18. And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast. Were accustomed often to fast. Compare Lk 5:33, 18:12.

John 9:28

Verse 28. Thou art his disciple. This they cast at him as a reproach. His defence of Jesus they regarded as proof that he was his follower, and this they now attempted to show was inconsistent with being a friend of Moses and his law. Moses had given the law respecting tho Sabbath; Jesus had healed a man contrary, in their view, to the law of Moses. They therefore held Jesus to be a violater and contemner of the law of Moses, and of course that his followers were also.

We are Moses' disciples. We acknowledge the authority of the law of Moses, which they alleged Jesus has broken by healing on that day.

(o) "reviled" 1Pet 2:23