Luke 11:26
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
But he said,.... Christ said "to the woman", Persic version reads, as correcting her, though not denying it, nor reproving her for it, but improving upon it:
yea rather, blessed are they that hear…
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
seven other spirits Compare Luk 8:2; Luk 8:30. The number is figurative of complete wickedness and (in this case) final possession.
the last state of that man is worse than the first The most striking…
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