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If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
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Jesus' Unbreakable Logic
Commentators unanimously highlight the simple, powerful logic Jesus uses. He shows that the Pharisees' accusation is absurd because no kingdom, including Satan's, can survive internal division. A cunning enemy like Satan would not work to destroy his own power. This argument was designed to be immediately and overwhelmingly conclusive.
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19th Century
Anglican
If Satan cast out Satan — In the Greek, the name has the article in both places, pointing to the one great adversary. It is not th…
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if Satan cast out Satan That is, if Satan, the same with Beelzebub, casts out the rest of the Satans, or other d…
Presbyterian
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…
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