complete verse (Luke 11:15)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:15:

  • Noongar: “But a few people said, ‘Beelzebul, chief of the evil spirits, he gives Jesus power to drive them out.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “But there were also those who said: ‘That authority of his is from Beelzebul, the king of all demons. That is why he had power to expel demons.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But others said, ‘He is given power (supernatural) by Belsebul, the leader of demons, therefore he can drive out demons.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But there was a person there who said, ‘The one who gives him the power to drive away demons is Endedaman, the boss of the demons.’ (Endedaman is the Manobo name for the ruler of the evil spirits.)” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But some of them said, ‘Beelzebub the leader of the evil-spirits is the one who gave him his power to cause-evil-spirits -to-leave.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But there were some who said, ‘Beelzebub who is the chief of evil spirits is who gave that means/ability of his which can drive out evil spirits.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)