- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 11
- Verse 17
Luke 11:17
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?.... This is the accommodation of the above parables, or proverbial sentences; suggesting, that Satan must be against himself,…
The substance of these verses we had in Mat 12:22, etc. Christ is here giving a general proof of his divine mission, by a particular proof of his power over Satan, his conquest of whom was an…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
their thoughts Rather, their machinations.
Every kingdom divided against itself&c. More briefly and graphically in St Mark "How can Satan cast out Satan?"
and a house divided against a house falletli…
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