children. sons: i.e. disciples. The Pharisees believed in and practiced exorcism. See Josephus (Antiquities viii. 2-5), and compare Acts 19:13.
therefore. on account of this. Greek. dia touto. App-104.
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Matthew 12:27
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.