{Guilty of an eternal sin} (enochos estin ai(936e)iou
hamart(886d)atos). The genitive of the penalty occurs here with
enochos. In saying that Jesus had an unclean spirit (verse
 30 ) they had attributed to the devil the work of the Holy
Spirit. This is the unpardonable sin and it can be committed
today by men who call the work of Christ the work of the devil,
Nietzsche may be cited as an instance in point. Those who hope
for a second probation hereafter may ponder carefully how a soul
that eternally sins in such an environment can ever repent. That
is eternal punishment. The text here is hamart(886d)atos (sin), not
krise(9373) (judgment), as the Textus Receptus has it.