Luke 11:21
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
KJV
Ὅταν ὁ ἰσχυρὸς καθωπλισμένος φυλάσσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ αὐλήν, ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐστὶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ·
Greek NT
Cum fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, in pace sunt ea quæ possidet.
Vulgate
When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
ASV
When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐλή
aule
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
καθοπλίζω
kathoplizo
verb · 1×
φυλάσσω
phulasso
verb · 31×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἰσχυρός
ischuros
adjective · 28×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§385God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils in nature which seem to be linked to the limitations proper to creatures: and above all to the question of moral evil. Where does evil come from? "I sought whence evil comes and there was no solution", said St. Augustine,257 and his own painful quest would only be r…
Whosoever confesses that one God is the author of both Testaments, and diligently reads the Scriptures in company with the presbyters of the Church, is a true spiritual disciple; and he will rightly understand and interpret all that the prophets have declared respecting Christ and the liberty of the New Testament. 1. A spiritual disciple of this sort truly receiving the Spirit …
Cross-references
- Acts 14:4 — But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
- Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
- Isa 49:24 — Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
- Jer 31:11 — For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
- Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
- Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
- Mark 5:9 — And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- Matt 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
- Matt 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.