Blaspheme against means
speaking against
- to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme
- to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at
There are consistent in the wording between them (whether speaking of blaspheming or speaking against). The two are used interchangeably, see below (Especially in Matthew 12:31-32)
Mat 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you,
All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men:
but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
So there is all manner of blasphemy which men blasphemy but he is specific
Mat 12:32
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Speaking a word against the Holy Ghost or Jesus Christ will be treated differently when it comes to forgiveness.
Luke 12:10 And
whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
So blasphemes can be forgiven even when Christ-ward (Since Christ was actually a sign to be spoken against) See Luke 2:34.
Mark 3:28-30
Verily I say unto you,
All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation:
It has to do with what is spoken, just as points out what they said
because they *said*,
He
HATH an unclean spirit.
The Blasphemy here is in respect to their speaking, and who is being spoken against. They aimed at the Spirit in Jesus Christ and called what is Holy unclean in him attributing the works that Christ did (through the Holy Spirit) as an unclean thing.
Just including this to show it pertains to the manner of speaking as it pertains to blaspheme below
There is all manner of blaspheme. Paul even said that he was before "a blasphemer" confessing so much in 1 Ti 1:13. He also said the same was forgiven him for doing so (even in his unbelief and in ignorance). but on that point, to say that Paul was a blasphemer against the Holy Ghost (which Jesus said would not be forgiven men) makes no sense. You can be a blasphemer (and be forgiven blaspheming as there is all manner of sins and blaspheme men will be forgiven) just as Paul was also forgiven of blaspheme, but just because he was doesn't mean he was guilty of blaspheming the Holy Ghost. A word spoken against the Son of man would be forgiven because Jesus is set for a sign "TO BE spoken" against) even as Simeon stated so much in Luke 2:34
When we see Saul yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord Jesus in Acts 9:1 and those against the sect itself (as it was called) as is noted in Acts 28:22 he is shown as a persecutor of the Church (even Jesus Christ himself, Saul, Saul why persecutest thou ME"?)
So Saul can be shown to be both a persecutor (against the church) and injurious also (having delivered them up to death) and confessed to being a blasphemer beforehand (in 1 Ti 1:13) and even in Acts 26:11 we see he sought to compelled them to blaspheme.
Jesus does state that “all manner of sin and blasphemies” by which men blaspheme would be forgiven them even as a word against the Son of man, and it shall be forgiven them in Mat 12:32 and so likewise we see Saul/Paul stating that he has been forgiven of the same (blaspheme).
I am not sure how some conclude that Paul was guilty of blaspheming against the Holy Ghost (having been forgiven in the blaspheme with which he blasphemed) if Jesus said one could be forgiven of blasphemes just not against the Holy Ghost. Jesus puts a difference between blasphemes, he even puts a difference between himself being blasphemed and the Holy Ghost being blasphemed. They aimed at the Spirit in Jesus.
So there is blaspheming (and in all manner of it) which men do so where it shall be forgiven men and blaspheme where it shall not be forgiven also.
Again
Mat 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you,
All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men:
but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
And Mark here speaks of "a
ll mannner of sins
and blasphemes"
Mark 3:28-30 Verily I say unto you,
All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,
and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Paul obtained mercy (forgiveness) for being a blasphemer
1 Ti 1:13
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious:
but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
I dont believe the kind of blasphemer he was before was that of the Holy Ghost
Blaspheming is shown in these two also
1Titus 1:20 Of whom is
Hymenaeus and Alexander;whom I have delivered unto Satan,
that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Their blaspheme appears to be of that which can be forgiven men also (whether in this age or the next) as was Paul's who was before a blasphemer (and who found mercy).
These would not be...
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
It has to do with what they said,
And because they *said*, He (Jesus)
hath an unclean spirit.
As it was aimed at Jesus Spirit (by which he did his work).
Just as it says here,
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;
for God was with him.
It was by the Holy Ghost Jesus did so. As He was anointed with the same and he went about healing all that were oppressed of the devil
Whereas they attributed the works
done by the Holy Ghost (in and through) Jesus to him "
having" a Beelzebub (in him)
Mark 3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said,
He hath Beelzebub,
and by the prince of the devils
casteth he out devils.
They were not speaking a word against the Son of man (a man in the flesh) but rather they were speaking words against the Spirit empowering Christ (even the Holy Ghost)
by Whom Jesus did His good works through, even casting out devils
Whereas again, they said,
By the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
By the Spirit (with power) they are speaking to
Then he asked them,
How can
Satan cast out Satan?
Theres their equation.
Every mention in the above is of the Spirit
in Him (not of Him)
He (
HATH)
Beelzebub
and (
BY)
the prince of devils (iow Satan) he doeth these things
Saying he (
HATH)
an unclean spirit
So nothing of the Son of man is being touched in any of that but against the Holy Ghost that was in Him which was being referred to in those three ways. That was all against the Spirit in Jesus.