28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God--In Luke
(Lu 11:20)
it is, "with (or 'by') the finger of God." This latter expression is
just a figurative way of representing the power of God, while
the former tells us the living Personal Agent was made use of by
the Lord Jesus in every exercise of that power.
then--"no doubt"
(Lu 11:20).
the kingdom of God is come unto you--rather "upon you," as the same
expression is rendered in Luke
(Lu 11:20):
--that is, "If this expulsion of Satan is, and can be, by no other than
the Spirit of God, then is his Destroyer already in the midst of you,
and that kingdom which is destined to supplant his is already rising on
its ruins."
JFB.
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