Luke 11:22

Luk 11:22. Ἐπελθὼν, having come upon him) unexpectedly.—ἐπεποίθει, he had been confident) The victory of Christ was the more glorious, after that He had overcome Satan, who had prevailed mightily, and had been confident, for so many ages.—σκύλα, spoils) which Satan had wrested from mankind.—διαδίδωσι, distributeth) Eph 4:8 [When He ascended on high He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men].

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Luk 11:22 . πανοπλίαν , panoply, a Pauline word (Eph 6:11 ; Eph 6:13 ). διαδίδωσιν , distributes the spoils among his friends with the generosity and the display of victory, referring probably to the extensive scale of Christ’s healing ministry among demoniacs.

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a stronger than he--Christ: Glorious title, in relation to Satan!

come upon him and overcome him--sublimely expressing the Redeemer's approach, as the Seed of the woman, to bruise the Serpent's head.

taketh from him all his armour--"his panoply," "his complete armor." Vain would be the victory, were not the means of regaining his lost power wrested from him. It is this that completes the triumph and ensures the final overthrow of his kingdom. The parable that immediately follows (Luk 11:24-26) is just the reverse of this. (See on Mat 12:43-45.) In the one case, Satan is dislodged by Christ, and so finds, in all future assaults, the house preoccupied; in the other, he merely goes out and comes in again, finding the house "EMPTY" (Mat 12:44) of any rival, and all ready to welcome him back. This explains the important saying that comes in between the two parables (Luk 11:23). Neutrality in religion there is none. The absence of positive attachment to Christ involves hostility to Him.

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22. a stronger than he] Christ, “having spoiled principalities and powers, made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in His Cross,” Col_2:15.

his spoils] The spoils which Satan had won from the race of man.— Bengel.

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He that is not with me, is against me,.... Our Lord does not mean one, that was not personally with him; for there might be some, and doubtless were many, who were not in person with him, and yet were not against him, but friends to him, and to his interest; nor one that was not a professed disciple of his, or not a follower of him, and his apostles; for there were some who called themselves John's disciples, and did not attend on Christ, and yet were not against him, but cast out devils in his name; and such an one perhaps was he, that is made mention of in Mar 9:38 on occasion of whom, Christ there says some words, which may seem at first view, not so well to accord with these: but such are intended, who acted a neutral part between him and the Pharisees; who could bear to hear them accuse him of casting out devils by the prince of devils, and be easy at it: and such persons are condemned, who can hear all manner of blasphemy against the deity, sonship, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, and express no indignation at it; these, as they cannot be said to be with Christ, may be truly ranked among those that are against him:

and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth; whoever did not encourage persons to attend on the ministry of Christ, which was confirmed by such miracles the Pharisees spoke so reproachfully and contemptuously of, were reckoned by Christ as such, who were the means of hindering persons gathering unto him; as well as those who menaced and excommunicated them for so doing: the allusion is either to the gathering of the sheep into the fold, and the scattering of them by the wolf; or to the gathering of the wheat, and binding it in sheaves, and bringing it home in harvest; and to the scattering of the wheat loose in the field, whereby it is lost, and comes to nothing; See Gill on Mat 12:30.

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22. ἰσχυρότερος αὐτοῦ. Christ, “having spoiled principalities and powers, made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in His Cross,” Col 2:15.

τὰ σκῦλα. The spoils which Satan had won from the race of man.—Bengel.

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22. ἐπὰν δέ Note the change from ὅταν with pres. subj. to ἐπάν with aor. sub., and comp. χρὴ δὲ ὅταν μὲν τιθῆσθε τοὺς νόμους … σκόπειν, ἐπειδὰν δὲ θῆσθε, φυλάττειν, (Dem. p. 525, 11); “whenever you are enacting. … but after a stronger has come.” you have enacted” so here: “All the while that the strong man is on guard … but after a stronger has come.” In ver. 34 both ἐπάν and ἐπάν have pres. subj.; in Mat 2:8 ἐπάν has aor. subj.; and ἐπάν occurs nowhere else in N.T.

ἰσχυρότερος αὐτοῦ ἐπελθών. This is Christ: ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν παρρησίᾳ θριαμβεύσας αὐτούς (Col 2:15). For ἐπέρχομαι in a hostile sense comp. 1Sa 30:23; Hom. Il. xii. 136, xx. 91. See on 1:35. Here Mt. and Mk. have εἰσελθών.

τὴν πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ αἴρει ἐφʼ ᾗ ἐπεποίθει. Because it had been so efficacious. Comp. Eph 6:11.

τὰ σκῦλα αὐτοῦ. Bengel explains, quæ Satanas generi humane eripuerat, identifying τὰ σκῦλα αὐτοῦ. with τὰ ὑπάρχοντα (ver. 21 : comp. Est 3:13). But τὰ σκῦλα may be identified with τὴν πανοπλίαν. In either case Christ makes the powers of hell work together for the good of the faithful. Some who identify τὰ σκῦλα with τὰ ὑπάρχοντα interpret both of the souls which Satan has taken captive, and especially of demonises. Comp. τῶν ἰσχυρῶν μεριεῖ σκῦλα (Isa 53:12).

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A stronger. Also with the article : the stronger.

All his armor [την πανοπλιαν] . Wrong; for the armor is regarded as a whole - the panoply - which is a transcript of this word. Rightly, Rev., his whole armor. Tynd., his harness.

Spoils [τα σκυλα] . See on Mr 5:35. Compare on goods, Mt 12:29.

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