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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 11:24-26

Luke 11:24-26. When the unclean spirit See notes on Matthew 12:43-45. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 11:14-36

52. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:22-45; Mark 3:22-30; Luke 11:14-36)On one occasion when Jesus cast out demons, the Pharisees accused him of doing it by the power of Satan, the prince of demons (Matthew 12:22-24; Luke 11:14-16). Jesus replied that if the prince of demons used his own power to cast out demons, he would be creating civil war in his own kingdom. He would be destroying himself. The only way a strong man can be defeated is if a stronger man overpowers him. In casting out... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 11:24

unclean . See Luke 4:33 . spirit : i.e. demon. See App-101 . of = away from. Greek. apo. App-104 . man. Greek. anthropos. App-123 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 11:31 , Luke 11:32 . through . Greek. dia. App-104 . dry = waterless. Compare Isaiah 13:21 , Isaiah 13:22 ; Isaiah 34:14 , &c. none = not (Greek. me. App-105 ) [any]. unto . Greek. eis. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 11:24

The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out. And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of the man becometh worse than the first.This parable of the wandering demon, like all the words of Jesus, is true either in or out of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:14-26

1. The Beelzebul controversy 11:14-26 (cf. Matthew 12:22-37; Mark 3:19-30)The placement of these events in Luke’s Gospel again raises the question of whether Luke recorded the same incident as Matthew and Mark or whether this was a similar but different one. I, along with many other students of the passages, believe it was probably a different occasion in view of the differences in the accounts.The connecting idea with what precedes is the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13). Luke had stressed the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:14-54

C. The results of popular opposition 11:14-54Luke recorded the climax of the rejection of Jesus and His message and then narrated Jesus’ instructions to His disciples about how they should live in view of rejection. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 11:24-26

These verses were probably a word of warning to Jesus’ critics who were scattering rather than gathering with Him (Luke 11:23). [Note: Marshall, The Gospel . . ., p. 479.] If so, they climax Jesus’ argument. They warn against casting out demons, which some of these critics were evidently doing, without replacing them with something stronger, namely, the life of God that entered those who believed in Jesus (cf. John 3:16). A formerly demon-possessed person who did not believe on Jesus was in... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-54

The Lord’s Prayer. The Sign of Jonah1-4. 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, however (as in the case of the Beatitudes), is manifestly inferior to St. Matthew’s. Of the seven petitions he omits two—the third (’Thy will be done,’ etc.), and the seventh (’but deliver us from the evil one’: see the RV). In place of Mt’s beautiful opening, ’Our Father in the heavens,’ he has simply,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 11:24-26

(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 parable to “this wicked generation.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 11:1-54

Christ's Lessons in Prayer Luke 11:1 The disciples had all prayed many times, and yet they came to Jesus with this request. For they were not satisfied with their praying. Their hearts were full of longings for which they could not find utterance, and the silence in which they dwelt oppressed them. For answer, Jesus began by teaching them how not to pray. It may well be, that with such bad examples of devotion in their synagogues and streets, the very habits of devotion which they had formed... read more

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