 | Albert Barnes - 1799 - 416 pages
...man, it means that his mind was restored when the evil spirit was gone; or, he had a lucid interval. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. ' Then he goeth,' &c. Seeing the state of the man, envious of the happiness of the individual, and... | |
 | 1806 - 650 pages
...return into my house from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he finds it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be unto this wicked generation " (Matth. xii. 43 — 45.) In this statement there may be something difficult... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1807 - 684 pages
...come, he findeth it empty, rather , u ready for his reception" swept and garnished, "put in order" 45. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. The sense of these two verses may be thus expressed: " It is commonly supposed that if daemons leave... | |
 | Ezekiel Blomfield - 1809 - 690 pages
...came out ; and when he is come, heßndcth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he and laketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than...so shall it be also unto this -wicked generation. The probable meaning of these verses is, that when aman, after having received such strong convictions... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 482 pages
...into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, heJindeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he and taketh with himself seven other...Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. THOUGH the general scope of the parables is, for the most part, plain and obvious, it is often difficult... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 438 pages
...from i whence \ whence I came out ; and when he. is come,. he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lift up her voice, and... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...into my house, from whence I came out; and when he is come he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." These Jews are called Satan's own house. The gospel of Christ tormenting him, he left it; and at his... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...unclean xpirît. ST. MATTHEW, IVho are our Lord? s kindred. ^rom w^ence I came out ; and when AD. oiymp. / f While he yet talked to the people, b behold, his mother and c his brethren stood without, desiring... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...into my house from whence I came out : .and when he h come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other...so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." MAT. xii. 43, 44, 451st. OUR Saviour in the above passage represents the then present generation of... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and ehall ren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how...from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her 4t> While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring... | |
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there... 
