Matthew 12:25

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: AND JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS ("CALLED THEM" ( ), AND SAID UNTO THEM, EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION; AND EVERY CITY OR HOUSE (THAT IS, HOUSEHOLD) DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND:...

Matthew 12:25._But as Jesus knew their thoughts. _Though Christ knew sufficiently well, and had often learned by experience, that the scribes, in the exercise of their malice (116) were in the habit of putting an unfavorable construction on every thing that he did, yet Matthew and Luke, I have no doubt, mean that Christ was a discerner of their hearts. (117) And indeed it is probable, that they spoke so openly against Christ, that their calumnies reached his ears; but Christ knew by his Divine Spirit the dispositions which led them to slander him. For it frequently happens that erroneous judgments are formed by men who do not intentionally, after all, oppose what is right, but err through ignorance; who do not cherish a hidden and concealed venom, but whose rashness carries them headlong....

22-30 A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God, and dumb at the throne of grace; sees nothing, and says nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals up the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the more desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Satan aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divided against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove that their children cast them out by any other power. There are two great interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith and obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid or rejoice in such a change are against Christ....

Verse Matthew 12:25. _EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO_ _DESOLATION_] Our Lord's argument was thus:-"The welfare of any _kingdom, city_, or _family_, depends on its _concord_ and _unanimity;_ Satan, like every other potentate, must wish to rule his empire in _peace_ and _security_; how then can he be in league with me, who _oppose_ his authority, and am _destroying_ his kingdom?" The reasoning of the Pharisees, Matthew 12:24, was not _expressed_, and Jesus, _knowing their thoughts_, gave them ample proof or his _omniscience_. This, with our Lord's masterly confutation of their reasonings, by a conclusion drawn from their own premises, one would have supposed might have humbled and convinc

THEN WAS BROUGHT UNTO HIM ONE POSSESSED WITH A DEVIL - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. The same account, substantially, is found in Mark 3:22, and Luke 11:14. Matthew 12:23 IS NOT THIS THE SON OF DAVID? - That is, Is not this the promised “descendant” of David, the Messiah? They were acquainted with the prophecy in Isaiah 35:5, “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped,” and they inferred that he must be the promised Messiah who was abl

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-40); ,and the manner in which he dealt with it. MATTHEW 12:1 (1) _Opposition from his enemies._ (A) Conscious and wilful opposition (Matthew 12:1). (α) As regards the sabbath ...

AND JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS,.... He not only heard their blasphemous words, but was privy to their secret thoughts; he knew their vile malicious intentions and designs, with what view they expressed themselves in this manner, on purpose to reproach him, and set the people against him, contrary to the inward light of their minds, and dictates of their consciences; who must, and did know the contrary of what they said: and regarding the inward frame of their minds, as well as their words, and which is a proof of his omniscience, and so of his deity, and consequently of his Messiahship, SAID UNTO THEM the following parables, as Mark calls them, Mark 3:23 or proverbial expressions: EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION; a government, in which there is a disagreement between the chiefs of it, and the body of the people, or where one part

MATTHEW 12:25 eivdw.j de, {C} The subject o` VIhsou/j was a natural addition, introduced by copyists who thought the words necessary for the sake of clarity. Had they been present originally, no one would have deliberately omitted them. The reading eivdw,j, whether with or without o` VIhsou/j, is supported by the overwhelming weight of external evidence. (See also the comment on 9.4.)...

9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3. The Hatred of the Pharisees.(Matthew 12:14 .) 4. The King in Rejection. (Matthew 12:15 .) 5. The Demon Possessed Man Healed. (Matthew 12:22 .) 6. The Blasphemy of the Pharisees and the King's Answer. (Matthew 12:24 .) 7. The Sign of Jo

JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke 12:10; Luke 8:19). For the painful statement in Mark 3:20 f. Mt. (like Lk.) substitutes the healing of a blind and dumb man probably a second (compressed) use of Matthew 9:27 and Matthew 9: