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Matthew 12:26

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

KJV

καὶ εἰ ὁ σατανᾶς τὸν σατανᾶν ἐκβάλλει, ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν ἐμερίσθη· πῶς οὖν σταθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ;

Greek NT

Et si Satanas Satanam ejicit, adversus se divisus est : quomodo ergo stabit regnum ejus ?

Vulgate

and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

ASV

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σατανᾶς
satanas
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μερίζω
merizo
verb · 14×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§550The coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's: "If it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."277 Jesus' exorcisms free some individuals from the domination of demons. They anticipate Jesus' great victory over "the ruler of this world".278 The kingdom of God will be definitively established through Christ's cross: "Go…

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:19 — And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
  • 2Cor 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • John 12:31 — Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • John 14:30 — Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
  • John 16:11 — Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
  • Luke 11:18 — If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
  • Matt 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  • Rev 9:11 — And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
  • Rev 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Rev 16:10 — And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
  • Rev 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,