

[3:27] 1 sn The strong man here pictures Satan.
[3:27] 2 sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.
[3:28] 3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
[3:28] 4 tn Grk “all the sins and blasphemies they may speak will be forgiven the sons of men.”