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But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.
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The Parable of the Strong Man
Commentators explain this verse is a parable where Jesus is the one who enters the 'strong man's' (Satan's) house. To 'spoil his goods' (free people from demonic influence), Jesus must first 'bind' Satan, proving He is stronger. This directly refutes the scribes' accusation that He is in league with the devil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Scribes, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 12:24-32.
The occasion of their saying this was that He had healed a man possessed with…
Spoil (διαρπασα). Plunder, compound verb, thoroughly ransack. Picture of Satan plundering the demons, the very tools (σκευη) by wh…
Jesus replied to the charge by making a comparison. His argument is as follows: I have just cast out demons. Now if I am doing this by Satan’s powe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
No man can enter into a strong man's house This is properly a parable; the other seem to be proverbs, or sayings, that were co…
It was plain that the doctrine of Christ had a direct tendency to break the devil's power; and it was as plain that casting him out of the bodies o…
