And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.
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.
Commenting on Mark 3:22-30
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. . Mark 3:28 mar 3:28 mar 3:28 mar 3:28Verily I say unto you,....
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. (o) Satan's servants or followers.