Mark 3:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The scribes (and Pharisees, Mat 12:22) who had come down from Jerusalem, &c. Purposely, on the devil's errand; and not without success. For the common people now began to drink in the poison from these learned, good, honourable men! He hath Beelzebub At command; is in league with him: And by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils How easily may a man of learning elude the strongest proof of a work of God! How readily can he account for every incident, without ever taking God into the question! See note on Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:22-32, where this passage occurs, and is explained at large.