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Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
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Christ is the Stronger Man
Commentators unanimously explain this verse as a parable about spiritual power. Satan is the 'strong man' who holds humanity captive in his 'house.' Jesus declares that He is the one strong enough to break in, 'bind' Satan, and 'spoil his goods'—that is, rescue people from his control. His ability to cast out demons is the ultimate proof that He has decisively defeated the enemy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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…
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Jesus now asks the Pharisees to look at this through a parable. Jewish expectation looked forward to the binding of Satan in the Messianic Age; und…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or else, how can anyone enter into a strong man's house , &c.] This is another argument of Christ's proving that his…
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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…
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…
