VKR. 17— 20. ST. UJKE. 401 dumb speaks,and he thatwas possessedby a devilisset free.The likeisdailyaccomplishedin the conversionof believers,so thatthe devilbeingfirstcastout,theyseethe light,and then thosemouths which were beforesilentarc loosenedto speak the praisesof God. CYRIL.Now when the miraclewas performed,the multitudeextolledHim withloudpraises,and theglorywhich was due to God. As itfollows,And thepeoplewondered. BEDE. But sincethe multitudeswho were thoughtignorantalwaysmarvelledat ourLord'sactions,the Scribesand Phariseestook painsto denythem, or to pervertthem by an artfulinterpretation, asthoughtheywere not the work of a Divinepower,but ofan uncleanspirit.Hence itfollows,But some of them said,He castethout devilsthroughBeelzebubtheprinceof thedevih. Beelzebubwas the God Accarou. For Beel is indeedBaal himself.But Zebub means a fly. Now he is calledBeelzebubasthe man offlies,from whose most foul practicesthechiefofthedevilswas so named. CYRIL.But othersby similardartsof envy soughtfrom Him a sign from heaven. As it follows,And others,temptingHim, soughtofHim a signfrom heaven* As ifthey said," Al thoughThou hastcastout a devilfrom the man, thisisno proofhoweverof Divinepower. For we have not yet seen anythingliketothe miraclesof formertimes. Moses ledKxod.H. the peoplethroughthe midst of the sea,and Joshua hisjg ' successorstayedthesun in Gibeon. But Thou hastshewn us none of thesethings." For to seek signsfrom heaven shewedthat the speakerwas at that time influencedby some feelingofthiskindtowardsChrist. 17. But He, knowing theirthoughts,saidunto them,Every kingdom dividedagainstitselfisbrought to desolation; and a house dividedagainsta house falleth. 18.If Satan alsobe dividedagainsthimself,how shallhiskingdom stand? becauseye saythatI cast outdevilsthroughBeelzebub. 19. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils,by VOL. III. 2 D