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Mark 3:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.


Mark 3:25Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 3:2512 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐὰνean
ifwordG1437
οἰκίαoikia
a housenounG3614
ἐφ’eph’
againstprepositionG1909
ἑαυτὴνheautēn
itselfpronounG1438
μερισθῇmeristhē
shall be dividedverbG3307
οὐou
notadverbG3756
δυνήσεταιdynēsetai
be ableverbG1410
thearticleG3588
οἰκίαoikia
housenounG3614
ἐκείνηekeinē
thatdemonstrativeG1565
σταθῆναιstathēnai
abide, appoint, bringverbG2476
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 3:25

The meaning of the example is this: The devil is the strong man; his goods are the men into whom he is received; unless therefore a man first conquers the devil, how can he deprive him of his goods, that is, of the men whom he has possessed?

Theophylact · 11th century

The Lord has also bound the strong man, that is, the devil: which means, He has restrained him from seducing the elect, and entering into his house, the world; He has spoiled his house, and his goods, that is men, because He has snatched them from the snares of the devil, and has united them to His Church.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 1, 17

Or this is meant; that he will not deserve to work out repentance, so as to be accepted, who, understanding who Christ was, declared that He was the prince of the devils.

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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