"They went home. The crowd began to gather again and they couldn't even have a meal. Knowing what was happening, HIS relatives came to take charge of HIM. 'HE is out of HIS mind,' they said. Meanwhile, the teachers of the law, who had come from Jerusalem, said, 'HE is in the power of Beelzebul: the chief of the demons helps HIM to drive out demons.'" - Mark 3:20-22
(More than the healings, the exorcisms unsettled the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. They, the religious authorities, traveled from Jerusalem to see this JESUS for themselves. The Jews of JESUS' time were obsessed with the belief that illness was a form of possession. JESUS does not concern HIMSELF with distinguishing between illness and possession. Actually, the Devil is behind all human misery. Beelzebul, the name of an ancient idol, was a Jewish term for the Devil.)
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