Matthew 12:44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:44

‘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 decides that it will try to repossess its house, and when it returns it finds it empty. The power of the Spirit which drove it out (Matthew 12:28) is no longer present in the house. It is, however, unsuitable for habitation by the likes of an unclean spirit, for it is swept and scrubbed, (or furnished). It is clean. So it recognises that it will need... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:22-45

Matthew 12:22-Romans : . Jesus’ Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-Habakkuk : *, Luke 11:14-Isaiah :; Luke 11:29-Jonah :; Luke 12:10; Luke 8:19-Ecclesiastes :).— For the painful statement in Mark 3:20 f. Mt. (like Lk.) substitutes the healing of a blind and dumb man probably a second (compressed) use of Matthew 9:27-Obadiah : and Matthew 9:32-Nahum :. The word for “ were amazed” is an adaptation of the word for “ is beside himself”... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:43-50

Matthew 12:43-Philippians : . 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 illustration is that the Jews had felt the influence of John and Jesus, but were in danger of relapsing into a worse state than ever, if they did not submit themselves entirely to that coming of the Holy Spirit which was the proper continuation of the work begun by the two preachers. Matthew 12:44 . empty: i.e. free from... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:43-45

The speech appeareth parabolical, the persons concerned in it are expressed in the last words, the men of that wicked generation. The text is thought to be well expounded by Peter, 2 Peter 2:20, If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. Our Lord here compares the Jews to a man out of whom the unclean spirit was gone. The... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 12:38. A sign.—See Luke 11:16. They wanted something of an immediate and decisive nature, to show, not that His miracles were real—that they seemed willing to concede—but that they were from above, not from beneath (Brown). Gerlach and Lisco suggest that these Pharisees were better inclined, and less opposed to Jesus, than the others. But in our opinion they were rather the worst among the bad (Lange).Matthew 12:39. Adulterous.—Adultery, taken in a spiritual sense,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 12:43-45

DISCOURSE: 1358THE RELAPSED DΖMONIACMatthew 12:43-45. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 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. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:1-50

Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew?Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law, they have thoroughly disallowed the law, for the purposes that God intended it. For they were interpreting the law after a physical sense. "Thou shalt not kill," interpreting that as clubbing your enemy to death. But Jesus said, no, really if you have hatred in your heart for your brother, you're... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:1-50

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 barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their feasts, because it was allowed by the law of Moses, provided they put nought of the fruit in their vessel, or their pouch; but they objected on the ground of the sabbath. Now, the appeal which Jesus made to David’s eating the holy bread, which belonged exclusively to the priests, shows that the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:44

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. Ver. 44. He findeth it empty ] That is, idle and secure, swept of grace, garnished with vice, the devil’s fairest furniture. Otia dant vitia. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:44

my: Matthew 12:29, Luke 11:21, Luke 11:22, John 13:27, Ephesians 2:2, 1 John 4:4 he findeth: Matthew 13:20-Song of Solomon :, Psalms 81:11, Psalms 81:12, Hosea 7:6, John 12:6, John 13:2, Acts 5:1-Leviticus :, Acts 8:18-Isaiah :, 1 Corinthians 11:19, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-2 Kings :, 1 Timothy 6:4, 1 Timothy 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 John 2:19, Jude 1:4, Jude 1:5, Revelation 13:3, Revelation 13:4, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:9 Reciprocal: Luke 11:25 - he findeth read more

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