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Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
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Jesus' Divine Insight
Multiple commentators highlight that Jesus didn't just hear the Pharisees' words; he "knew their thoughts." Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill see this as a clear demonstration of his divine omniscience. Jesus was not merely debating a flawed argument but confronting the hidden malice in his opponents' hearts, revealing his unique authority.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
25. And Jesus knew their thoughts, etc. To know the thoughts of the heart belongs only to God, Psalms 139:2;[Reference Jeremiah…
Knowing their thoughts (ειδως δε τας ενθυμησεις αυτων). What they were revolving in their minds. They now find out what a powerful…
19th Century
Anglican
Jesus knew their thoughts — The Searcher of Hearts saw the meaning of the whispers and the looks of real or feigned horror, and no…
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Baptist
The Thought-reader meets them with an argument in the highest degree conclusive, overwhelming them by reducing their statement to absurdity. Imagin…
Knowing the thoughts of the Pharisees (v.26), Jesus points out that any kingdom, city, or household that develops internal strife will destroy itse…
16th Century
Protestant
But as Jesus knew their thoughts. Though Christ knew sufficiently well, and had often learned by experience, that the scribes, in the exer…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus knew their thoughts He not only heard their blasphemous words, but was privy to their secret thoughts; he …
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
