29. A strong man’s house Our Lord here argues that his expelling devils proves his superiority over them. As a strong man enters the house of a weaker and spoils his goods, so our Lord enters the devil’s tenement and despoils him of it. read more
30. Not with me is against me Our Lord here illustrates by a proverbial maxim the contrariety of Satan’s kingdom and his own, as shown by the opposite works of the two. He Any one; here spoken in allusion to Satan. Not with me That does not harmonize with me in spirit and in action. Is against me And therefore one is not to be considered the ally of the other, as you charge me with being the ally of Satan. Gathereth… scattereth These words allude to a gathering in harvest.... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:28
28. The kingdom of God So numerous and powerful had been our Saviour’s works that the Jews had ascribed them, not to a spirit of common order, but to the very prince of hell. But if they were as beneficent as they were powerful, why not ascribe them to the prince of heaven, and so conclude that the kingdom of heaven had come? read more