Matthew 10:24-25

Matthew 10:24-25

[24] The disciple  not  above  his master,  nor  the servant  above  his  lord.  [25] It is enough  for the disciple  that  he be  as  his  master,  and  the servant  as  his  lord.  If  the master of the house  Beelzebub,  how much  more  shall they call them of his  household? 

What does Matthew 10:24-25 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jesus" point was that persecution should not surprise His disciples. They had seen the scribes and Pharisees, and even John"s disciples, oppose Jesus. They could expect the same treatment.
Beelzebul was Satan, the head of the household of demons ( Matthew 12:24-27). The word "Beelzebul" probably came from the Hebrew baal zebul meaning "Prince Baal." Baal was the chief Canaanite deity, and the Jews regarded him as the personification of all that was evil and satanic. The house in view is Israel. Jesus as Messiah was the head of that household. However, His critics charged Him with being Satan (cf. Matthew 9:34). Therefore the disciples could expect similar slander from their enemies.
"We believe, that the expression "Master of the house" looked back to the claims which Jesus had made on His first purification of the Temple [1]. We almost seem to hear the coarse Rabbinic witticism in its play on the word Beelzebul. For, Zebhul, . . . means in Rabbinic language, not any ordinary dwelling, but specifically the Temple, and Beel-Zebul would be the Master of the Temple." On he other hand, Zibbul . . . means sacrificing to idols; and hence Beel-zebul would, in that sense, be equivalent to "lord" or "chief of idolatrous sacrificing"-the worst and chiefest of demons, who presided over, and incited to, idolatry. "The Lord of the Temple" . . . was to them "the chief of idolatrous worship," the Representative of God that of the worst of demons: Beelzebul was Beelzibbul!" [2]