John Gill Commentary Luke 11:26

John Gill Commentary

Luke 11:26

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Luke 11:26

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first." — Luke 11:26 (ASV)

Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits ,
&c.] Or "demons", as the Ethiopic version, whom he took to him as his consorts and companions, as the same version calls them.

More wicked than himself ;
for it seems there are degrees of wickedness among the devils, as well as among men:

and they enter and dwell there ;
the unclean spirit, and the other seven: so seven devils were in Mary Magdalene, and a legion in another man; and indeed the evil heart of man is an habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit: here it may chiefly design the place and power which the devil had among the Jews before their destruction:

and the last state of that man is worse than the first ;
the Persic version adds, "and more miserable"; as was the case of the Jews, to which this parable refers; as appears by what is subjoined in Matthew, which manifestly applies it to them,

even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation ;
(See Gill on Matthew 12:45).