without signs. — IlXsTov, Something Greater) He who is rather to be heard.1 — «&, here) close at hand, cf. in the following verse. — sx ruv vipdruv 7-5jc yJjj, from the uttermost parts of the earth.
42. NoYov, of the south) from Arabia-Felix. — nXa/ov SaXo^wvog, Something Greater than Solomon) Solomon was wise, but here is Wisdom itself. — See Luke xi. 49.
43. "Orai/, X.T.X., when, etc.) Having rebuked and dismissed the interruption of the Pharisees, Jesus pursues those matters which depend upon ver. 30 ; cf. Luke xi. 23, 24. — f^Xfy, has gone out) as had been said in ver. 29. — biip-^rai, he goeth through) one after another. — dvudpuv, without water) Where there is no water, men do not dwell ; see Ps. cvii. 35, 36. — ayacraiovv, rest) Rest is wished for by every created being. The devils think that man is their proper resting-place. — ov% sbpiffxu, findeth none) sc. except in man. It is miserable always to seek and never to find it.
44. O/xo'i/ fiov, my house) What the enemy had once occupied, he considers as a portion of his property. — s^Xdov, / came out) He speaks as if he had not been cast forth See the pride of the unclean spirit, which shows itself not merely in this word, but from his whole speech, as though it had been at his option either to come out or to return. Our Lord uses the same word without any particular emphasis in ver. 43. The same word may either have emphasis, or be without emphasis, in different speeches, according to the different condition and mind of the speaker. — JXdov, when he is come) for the sake of reconnoitering. — ibp/'ffxH, x.r.X., he finds, etc.) Therefore, the house was not so be fore the enemy had been cast forth. — tf^oXd^ovTa, vacant) Tran quillity, although in itself good, is not far distant from peril. The same verb a^o'kd^iv occurs in the S. V. of Ex. v. 8, 17, for nsi, to be idle. — aiaapupivov, sivept) i.e., cleared from evils. — Ktxoff- ttrifLsvov, adorned) sc. with good things ; see ver. 28. The enemy seeks especially clean places to rest in, not that they may remain clean, but that he may render them also unclean.
45. Ton, then) sc. when he has reconnoitred it. — s<rra,, seven) Therefore, counting him, there are eight. The fathers have
1 Who is Himself about to be the Judge. — V. g.