“ And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. ”
See the notes at Matthew 12:43-45 .
Jesus and Beelzebub. Lk. had omitted Mark 3:22-30 *, Mt. ( Matthew 12:22-30 ; Matthew 12:43-45 *) combined Mk and Q. Lk. here follows Q. He does not refer to Jerusalem scribes. Luke 11:16 is...
garnished . adorned.
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. See the notes at Matthew 12:22-28 . Verse 14-20 Fo...
The Lord's Prayer. The Sign of Jonah 1-4. The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9-15 ). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, how...
(24-26) When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man. — See Notes on Matthew 12:43-45 . Here the only variations are (1) the omission of the house being “empty,” and (2) of the application of the...
for or Against? Luke 11:14-26 The strong man of this parable is evidently Satan, who guards the palace of man's nature, to which he has no right. It is the palace of the King, which has been ca...
Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
(14) And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. (15) But some of them said, He casteth out devils thro...
THE HUMAN HOUSE ‘I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.’ Luke 11:24-25 The human heart cannot remain empty. It must have an inh...
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 rathe...
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Ver. 25. Swept and garnished ] By a little formal repentance, and a few faint resolutions of reformation.
When the unclean spirit See notes on Matthew 12:43-45 .
Valuable Instruction as to Prayer (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary)....
Christ Accused of Leaguing with Satan; Watchfulness Inculcated. 14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to...
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“I will turn back to my house from where I came out.” And when he is come, he finds it swept and put in order.' So it decides it will go back ‘home'. It looks on the body of the once possessed man a...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 11:14 . Casting out a devil .—There seems to be little doubt that this miracle is the same as that in Matthew 12:22 , as wrought apparently in Galilee. In St. Matthew’s Gosp...
Luke 11:1 . And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. It seem...
Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not ex...
When the unclean spirit is gone out The danger of losing convictions of conscience I. THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF AN IMPENITENT SINNER, BEFORE HE LIE AWAKENED TO A SERIOUS CONVICTION OF HIS GUIL...
EXPOSITION Luke 11:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of time or place enables us to fix the scene...
An impressive warning:
2 Chronicles 24:17-22 ; 2 Peter 2:10-19 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 ; Jude 1:8-13 ; Matthew 12:44 ; Matthew 12:45 ; Psalms 125:5 ; Psalms 36:3 ; Psalms 81:11 ; Psalms 81:12
Satan's Strategies against the Son of God Luke 11:13-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Scripture chosen for this study describes a continual conflict which existed between Christ and Satan. The Lord J...