Psalms 142:6

Context

142:6 Listen to my cry for help,

for I am in serious trouble!¹

Rescue me from those who chase me,

for they are stronger than I am.

Matthew 12:29

Context
12:29 How² else can someone enter a strong man’s³ house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.⁴

Matthew 22:29

Context
22:29 Jesus⁵ answered them, “You are deceived,⁶ because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

Luke 11:21-22

Context
11:21 When a strong man,⁷ fully armed, guards his own palace,⁸ his possessions are safe.⁹ 11:22 But¹⁰ when a stronger man¹¹ attacks¹² and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s¹³ armor on which the man relied¹⁴ and divides up¹⁵ his plunder.¹⁶

[142:6] ¹tn Heb “for I am very low.”

[12:29] ²tn Grk “Or how can.”

[12:29] ³sn The strong man here pictures Satan.

[12:29] ⁴sn 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.

[22:29] ⁵tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[22:29] ⁶tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).

[11:21] ⁷tn The referent of the expression “a strong man” is Satan.

[11:21] ⁸tn The word αὐλή (aulh) describes any building large and elaborate enough to have an interior courtyard, thus “dwelling, palace, mansion” (L&N 7.6).

[11:21] ⁹tn Grk “his goods are in peace.”

[11:22] ¹⁰tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[11:22] ¹¹tn The referent of the expression “a stronger man” is Jesus.

[11:22] ¹²tn Grk “stronger man than he attacks.”

[11:22] ¹³tn Grk “his”; the referent (the first man mentioned) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:22] ¹⁴tn Grk “on which he relied.”

[11:22] ¹⁵tn Or “and distributes.”

[11:22] ¹⁶sn 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.