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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 11:19

by. Greek en. App-104 . therefore = on this account. Greek. dia. App-104 .Luke 11:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 11:20

with = by. Greek. en, as in Luke 11:19 . Compare Matthew 3:11 . the finger of God . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 See Exodus 8:19 . Finger, here, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for the Holy Spirit Himself. the kingdom of God . See App-114 . come upon you . With suddenness and surprise Greek. phthano. Occurances elsewhere: Matthew 12:28 . Rom 9:31 , 2 Corinthians 10:14 .Philippians 1:3 , Php 1:16 . 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 11:17

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.The amazing similarity of the synoptic Gospels in their records of the teaching here, coupled with the equally amazing differences, presents a problem that may be resolved fully and satisfactorily only by understanding them as independent, trustworthy records of different events; and this writer agrees with A. T. Robertson, who, in his... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 11:18

And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.This verse startlingly reveals some things about Satan. Spence said:Throughout this argument, Jesus assumes the existence of a kingdom of evil, all armed and thoroughly organized to carry out its dread purposes. He concedes, too, in language which admits of no questioning, the existence of a chief of this evil confederacy.[26]Further, as Boles noted, "It will be noted... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 11:19

And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.There was no logical way for the Pharisees to view exorcism by their own followers as being of God and at the same time allege that the exorcisms by Jesus were by the power of Satan. Furthermore, there were vast differences in the claimed exorcisms by the sons of the Pharisees and the real miracles wrought by Jesus. The example before them which had caused such marveling by the people... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 11:20

But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.The finger of God ... This was a master stroke. When Moses performed great wonders before Pharaoh, and when for a time the magicians duplicated the wonders, then came the plague of lice. Aaron stretched the rod upon the land, and the dust of the earth became lice in man and beast (Exodus 8:17). Attempting to do this they failed; and they went and told Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God" (Exodus 8:19).... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 11:20

20. the finger of God—"the Spirit of God" (Matthew 12:28); the former figuratively denoting the power of God, the latter the living Personal Agent in every exercise of it. 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 11:17-20

Jesus at least knew the thoughts of his critics by their request for a greater sign (Luke 11:16) if not by prophetic insight. He argued first that the head of an army would hardly work with his enemy against his own troops. Second, if Satan was behind Jesus’ exorcisms, it was logical to assume that he was behind the exorcisms that some recognized Jewish exorcists performed (cf. Acts 19:13-14). Jesus’ antagonists would have been unwilling to concede that. They wanted to maintain a double... read more

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