Luke 11:24

“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, etc.] That is, the devil, who is in, and works in the children of disobedience, whether under a profession of religion or not; whose hearts are unclean like himself, wherefore there he delights to dwell; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, “the evil demon”: who may be said to go out of a man in appearance, when he outwardly reforms and takes up a profession of religion. He walketh through dry places; or “a desert”, as the Ethiopic version; to which the Gentile world is sometimes compared in the Old Testament (<233501>Isaiah 35:1, 41:18,19, 42:11) whither Satan might go, being disturbed in Judea, through the many dispossessions by Christ; or…”

“See the notes at Matthew 12:43-45. return to 'Top of Page'”

“the unclean: Mat 12:43-45 he walketh: Job 1:7, Job 2:2; Pe1 5:8 dry: Jdg 6:37-40; Psa 63:1; Isa 35:1, Isa 35:2, Isa 35:7, Isa 41:17-19, Isa 44:3; Eze 47:8-11; Eph 2:2 seeking: Pro 4:16; Isa 48:22, Isa 57:20, Isa 57:21 I will: Mar 5:10, Mar 9:25 Luke 11:25”