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When the unclean spirit ... - The “general sentiment” which our Saviour here teaches is much more easily understood than the illustration which h...
Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Lu...
The connexion of Matthew 12:43 is with Matthew 12:30 , as is shown by Lk.; neutrality in the spiritual life cannot last. The point of the illustra...
44. He findeth it empty Christ is unquestionably describing those who, being destitute of the Spirit of God, are prepared for receiving the...
DISCOURSE: 1358 THE RELAPSED DΖMONIAC Matthew 12:43-45 . When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking re...
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Into my house -...
When the unclean spirit, &c.— Our Lord here finishes his defence, alluding to the occasion of the dispute, Matthew 12:22 with a parable of a...
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. When the unclean spirit is gone...
Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begin...
A sign demanded. Astounding impudence after they had just ascribed His miracles to Beelzebub, and declared Him possessed with an unclean spirit. It...
The return of the unclean spirit ( Luke 11:24-26 ). The connexion in St. Matthew is preferable. The expulsion of the evil spirit represents the su...
My house ] i.e. the man himself; here, the nation. Empty ] Though the evil has been temporarily expelled, nothing good has been put in its place, s...
Empty, swept, and garnished. — The words have a two-fold symbolism, as representing (1) the state of the possessed man, and (2) that of the nation...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been...
Opposing or Doing God's Will Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His peop...
"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. (39) But he answered and said unto them, A...
THE DEVIL DETHRONED ‘When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man … the last state of that man is worse than the first.’ Matthew 12:43-45 Wh...
Then he said, I will return into my house ,.... Into the land of Judea, particularly into the Scribes and Pharisees, outward professors of religion;...
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Ver. 44. He...
When the unclean spirit , &c. In these verses, with a view to show how dreadful the state of the Jewish people would be, if they continued to re...
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter re...
The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees ans...
See Poole on " Matthew 12:45 " .
The Sad Plight of This Generation (12:43-45). This short illustration takes up the themes that have previously been presented and is firmly in con...
‘Then he says, “I will return into my house from where I came out”, and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and furnished.' So the spirit dec...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:38 . A sign. —See Luke 11:16 . They wanted something of an immediate and decisive nature, to show, not that His mirac...
Matthew 12:38-39 . Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and sa...
Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of b...
EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
1 Corinthians 11:19 ; 1 John 2:19 ; 1 John 4:4 ; 1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; 1 Timothy 6:5 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 ; A...
Whence he came out — He speaks as if he had come out of his own accord: See his pride! He findeth it empty — of God, of Christ, of his Spirit: Swep...
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.