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Luke 11:25 KJV
Luke · chapter 11 · verse 25
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.Luke 11:25 · King James Version
Luke 11:25 in context
23He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- findethheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
- cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- sweptsaroōto sweep, clean by sweepingG4563 →
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The substance of these verses we had in Mat 12:22, etc. Christ is here giving a general proof of his divine mission, by a particular proof of his power over Satan, his conquest of whom was an indication of his great design in coming into the world, which was, to destroy the works of the devil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-26