Matthew 12:25-30
<2424> [Jesus.]
Every kingdom <3956 932> [Every kingdom.]
his <846> [his.]
Beelzebul <954> [Beelzebub.]
by ... by whom <1722 5101> [by whom.]
them <846> [they.]
I cast out <1473 1544> [I cast.]
then <686> [then.]
<5607> [that is.]
does ... gather <4863> [gathereth.]
Luke 11:17-23
realizing <1492> [knowing.]
Every <3956> [Every.]
Satan <4567> [Satan.]
you claim <3004> [ye say.]
by ... by <1722> [by.]
<846> [shall.]
finger <1147> [the finger.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
For the destruction of the kingdom of Satan plainly implies the setting up of the kingdom of God. The reasoning of the Pharisees (ver. 17, and Mt 12:24, 25,) was not expressed, and Jesus knowing their thoughts, gave ample proof of his omniscience. This, with our Lord's masterly confutation of their reasonings, by a conclusion drawn from their own premises, one would have supposed might have humbled and convinced those men; but the most conclusive reasoning, and the most astonishing miracles, were lost upon a people who were obstinately determined to disbelieve every thing that was good relative to Jesus of Nazareth.
