When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
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Gill's Exposition
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. In Matthew it is also said to be "empty"; and so it is read here in the Arabic version; and in the Ethiopic version, "empty of men": but rather…
Adam Clarke
When the unclean spirit - See on Mat 12:43 (note).
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…
Cambridge Bible
he walketh through dry places The unclean spirits were thought to frequent ruins (Berachoth, f. 3 a)and the waterless desert, Tob 8:3; see on Luk 4:1.
seeking rest Not to be in possession of some…
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