22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? …
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)The substance of these verses we had in Matt. 12:22 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 indication of his great design in coming into the world, which was, to destroy the works of the devil . Here too he gives an earnest of the success of that undertaking. He is here casting out a devil that made th…
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