Luke 11:14

Casting out a devil. [A Blind and Dumb Demoniac; The Unpardonable Sin, Luke 11:14-32 = Matt. 12:22-45 = Mark 3:20-30. Major comment: Matthew.] If the incident here narrated by Luke, together with the ensuing conversation, is to be considered equivalent to the parallel passage in Matthew, as seems probable, it becomes apparent that Luke is not following strict chronological order. The incident recorded by Matthew occurred nearly a year and a half before the time indicated by the context in which the event is recorded by Luke (see on Matt. 12:22; Luke 11:1). The great similarity between the two accounts, which, with the exception of Luke 11:16, 27, 28, are almost identical, seems to preclude the possibility that the incident reported by Luke was a different incident, and connected with the Peraean ministry (see on v. 1).