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Mark 3:23 KJV
Mark · chapter 3 · verse 23
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?Mark 3:23 · King James Version
Mark 3:23 in context
21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- parablesparabolēa placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle…G3850 →
- calledproskaleōto call to, to call to one s self, to bid to come to one s self, metaph., God is said to…G4341 →
- Satansatanasadversary , the name given to, the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of…G4567 →
- saidlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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I. Here is, The impudent impious brand which the scribes fastened upon Christ's casting out devils, that they might evade and invalidate the conviction of it, and have a poor excuse for not yielding to it. These scribes came down from Jerusalem, Mar 3:22.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-30