Mark 3:26

Mar 3:26. Ἀνέστη) A very suitable word; rose up, that is to say, it would be a strange thing!

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Satan’s imps or . . . .

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

No man can enter into a strong man's house,.... This is properly a parable; the other seem to be proverbs, or sayings, that were commonly used to show the ill consequences of discords, factions, and divisions, as is explained in the note on See Gill on Mat 12:29.

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Mark 3:28

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mar 3:28

mar 3:28Verily I say unto you,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, who had not only blasphemed him, but the Spirit of God also:

all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme; God; or the Son of God, angels, and men, and that through the blood of Christ, and when brought to a sense of the evil of them; for though pardon is procured before, it is not applied till then; See Gill on Mat 12:31.

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26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

Ver. 26. {See Trapp on "Mat 12:25"} {See Trapp on "Mat 12:26"}

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If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided

The word "himself" is a reflexive pronoun that refers back to Satan, and it is also a metonym for his evil spirits. AT: "If Satan and his evil spirits were fighting one another" or "If Satan and his evil spirits have risen up against each other and are divided" (See: Reflexive Pronouns and Metonymy)

is not able to stand

This is a metaphor meaning he will fall and cannot endure. AT: "will cease to be united" or "cannot endure and has come to an end" or "will fall and has come to an end" (See: Metaphor)

plunder

to steal a person's valuables and possessions

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Satan

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26. εἰ ἀνέστη … καὶ ἐμερίσθη. All three make the change to εἰ c. indic., which represents the monstrous supposition of the Scribes as a fact; “And if, as you say, Satan has really risen against himself and is divided, it is now impossible for him to stand, but he is at an end”; τέλος ἔχει is classical, and here is peculiar to Mk. In Luk 22:37, τέλος ἔχει has not quite the same meaning.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

26. καὶ εἰ ὁ Σατανᾶς ἀνέστη ἐφʼ ἑαυτόν, ἐμερίσθη καὶ οὐ δύναται στῆναι—And if Satan arose against himself, he was divided and cannot stand.1

ἐμερίσθη, καὶ instead of καὶ μεμἐρισται, Tisch. א * C Δ mss. of Lat. Vet. Vulg. καὶ ἐμερίσθη Treg. marg. WH. RV. אc BL. καὶ ἐμερίσθη is a probable emendation to bring the aorists ἀνέστη and ἐμερίσθη together, instead of ἐμερίσθη and the pres. οὐ δύναται. στῆναι, instead of σταθῆναι, Tisch. Treg. WH. א BCL.

This verse applies the principle to the case in hand, and the form of conditional statement corresponds. It states the condition as belonging to past time, and says of an event actually past, if it was of such a character. In the conclusion, the aor. states what was involved, the pres. what is involved.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

But hath an end. Peculiar to Mark.

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