Matthew 12:29 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 12:29

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

BSB

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ASV

Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

KJV

Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 29.) Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. We should not be secure: Our adversary is strong, which is confirmed by the voice of the victor. His house is the world, which is situated in evil (1 John 5), not by the dignity of the Creator, but by the greatness of the transgressor. We were once his vessels. The strong man has been bound, and bound in Tartarus, and crushed by the foot of the Lord.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

How can one enter into the strong one's house, unless he first bind the strong one - So Christ coming into the world, which was then eminently the strong one's, Satan's house, first bound him, and then took his spoils.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Jesus Christ knows what we are thinking at any time, knows what is in man; he understands our thoughts afar off. It should seem that the Pharisees could not for shame speak it out, but kept it in their minds; they could not expect to satisfy the people with it; they therefore reserved it for the silencing of the convictions of their own consciences.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Else how can one enter into a strong man’s house - Men, through sin, are become the very house and dwelling place of Satan, having of their own accord surrendered themselves to this unjust possessor; for whoever gives up his soul to sin gives it up to the devil. It is Jesus, and Jesus alone, who can deliver from the power of this bondage. When Satan is cast out, Jesus purifies and dwells in the heart.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

This passage of Scripture contains “things hard to be understood.” The sin against the Holy Ghost in particular has never been fully explained by the most learned divines. It is not difficult to show from Scripture what the sin is not, is difficult to show clearly what it is. We must not be surprised. The Bible would not be the book of God, if it had not deep places here and there, which man have no line to fathom.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
πῶς	pōs	how	G4459 →
δύναταί	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	to enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκίαν	oikian	house	G3614 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἰσχυροῦ	ischurou	strong [man]	G2478 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
σκεύη	skeuē	goods	G4632 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἁρπάσαι,	harpasai	to plunder,	G726 →
ἐὰν	ean	only	G1437 →
μὴ	mē	unless	G3361 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
δήσῃ	dēsē	he shall bind	G1210 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἰσχυρόν;	ischuron	strong [man]?	G2478 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τότε	tote	then	G5119 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκίαν	oikian	house	G3614 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
διαρπάσει.¶	diarpasei	he will rob.	G1283 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
leads to
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- Romans 8:37
  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- 1 John 4:16
  And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12
  We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
Through
Mark 3:27
Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
leads to
- Isaiah 49:24–26
  Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Through
Isaiah 49:24
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
leads to
- Luke 11:21–22
  When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
- Psalms 124:6–7
  Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Matthew