Matthew 12:44

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When the unclean spirit ... - The “general sentiment” which our Saviour here teaches is much more easily understood than the illustration which h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from whence . whence. garnished . decorated.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

44. He findeth it empty Christ is unquestionably describing those who, being destitute of the Spirit of God, are prepared for receiving the...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A sign demanded. Astounding impudence after they had just ascribed His miracles to Beelzebub, and declared Him possessed with an unclean spirit. It...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he said, I will return into my house ,.... Into the land of Judea, particularly into the Scribes and Pharisees, outward professors of religion;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees ans...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:44

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 12:44