Or else. He takes a new illustration to refute the Pharisees, drawn from breaking into a house. A man could not break into the house of a …

How can one enter into a strong man’s house? The parable implied in this question appears in a fuller form in Luke 11:21-22. Here, it is s…

The devil is the strong man, the giant robber. He holds men in his possession as a warrior holds his property. There is no taking his goods from hi…

St. John Chrysostom: Having concluded the second answer, He brings forward a third, saying, "Or how can anyone enter a str…

Jesus now asks the Pharisees to look at this through a parable. Jewish expectation looked forward to the binding of Satan in the Me ianic Age; unde…

How can anyone enter into the house of a strong man? Though the Evangelists differ a little in wording, there is a perfect agreement among…

Or else, how can anyone enter into a strong man's house ,
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A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God and dumb at the throne of grace; it sees nothing and says nothing…

Above, the Lord refuted those who were slandering both His doctrine and His life; here, however, He refutes those who disparage His miracles. And f…