29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: …
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.
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-37)In these verses we have, I. Christ’s glorious conquest of Satan, in the gracious cure of one who, by the divine permission, was under his power, and in his possession, Matt. 12:22. Here observe, 1. The man’s case was very sad; he was possessed with a devil . More cases of this kind occurred in Christ’s time than usual, that Christ’s power might be the more magnified, and his purpose the more manif…
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