Beelzebub prince of devils not Satan, right?

Question

Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Luke 11:15
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

Answer 1

Sara, you really need to read this all the way through.

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 2

Satan ...Beelzebub ..is THE devil....as in the Godfather is THE mobster.
In other words...not just a devil but the ultimate and original devil.
If Jesus Christ was a religious leader on earth you cannot say that every religious leader that follows is his equivalent ...the same with the devil.
The devil has the same level of authority over hell as God has over heaven...if a soul does not belong ...he can cast it out or not accept it. (even though he mostly just attempts to make the soul even more devilish so that it will belong there and then grants it entry after corrupting it further).

Answer 3

Yes, the Pharisees, who were some of the "religious" leaders of the day, were referring to satan here. Since most of the Pharisees (like todays religious leaders of every denomination) did not worship the One True God, it was easy for the devil/satan to work in their hearts to falsely accuse Jesus Christ. One of the prime ways in which satan works to discredit those who are Godly, is as "the accuser". Characteristics of the devil, and other lies, will be attributed (often by those who have the "ear of the public") to those who in truth do the Will Of God. Another good example from the Word of God concerning a verbal "fiery dart" towards Jesus Christ: "is he not the carpenters son?" - Satan was able to work through the Galileans, in attempting to attribute this lie, and plant this seed of a lie about Jesus Christ. Of course, the devil knew that Jesus Christ was the only begotten son of God, not Joseph's seed...but the devil is always attempting to replace truth with error, and he certainly hoped that anyone who overheard the question concerning Jesus' real father, would at a minimum, be unsure in their own minds as to the truth on the matter. God takes great care to make clear to us the multiple ways and wiles of our adversary, the devil...and his modes of attack, so that we will not be ignorant...and with the "Christ in us", may defeat the adversary in our daily lives, even as Jesus Christ did!

Answer 4

Lucifer who was the most beautiful angel tried to overthrow God so he got pissed off and cast him in to a lake of fire for eternity. After which he became know as The Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub, Satan, the devil. many names same dude.

Answer 5

Does It Matter What The Pharisees Said? All The Important Things Are In RED In My Bible

Answer 6

Beelzebub and Satan are two names for the same person

Answer 7

Isn't that who Satan is the prince of devils? There are more than one I would say demons but they said devils

Answer 8

Ancient propaganda

Beelzebub...NOT a good transliteration of the original..but it'll suffice

Beelzebub and Baal were Canaanite gods...if you believe the story at all...it was saying that this [ fellow] was not casting out devils with the help of OUR god...but.....blasphemous...by using the gods of the hated Canaanites

Answer 9

satan is a title - like General, Corporal, Major, etc, as are all the angel names (Michael - he who is like God, Gabriel - mighty man of God, Ariel - lion of God, etc). Originally this group of angels were called satanels - but when they fell, they lost the "el" (which means God) from their name.
and like the Bible says, there are legions of them.

Answer 10

All one and the same - Satan