Mark 3:27 (WEB)
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
Catechism · 1
“In this, Jesus is the devil's conqueror: he "binds the strong man" to take back his plunder.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ps 95:10; Mk 3:27
Fathers and councils · 15
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For when Satan is bound, man is set free; since “none can enter a strong man’s house and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man himself.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 29 and Mark iii. 27.
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Augustine of Hippo
“On the other hand, Luke gives an account of these things almost in the same language as Matthew has employed.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 22–30.
Read the whole commentChapter III.—Of the Question Whether Mark’s Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the Name of Peter Was Brought into Prominence are Not at Variance with the Statement Which John Has Given Us of the Particular…
Read the whole comment“The strong man was conquered by this righteousness, and bound with this chain, that his vessels might be spoiled, which with himself and his angels had been vessels of wrath while with him, and might be turned into vessels of mercy.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 27
Read the whole comment“The Lord Jesus Christ Himself says, “No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man”—meaning by the strong man the devil, because he had power to take captive the human race; and meaning by his goods which he was to take, those who had been…” — editor's note: Mark iii. 27; “Vasa” for “goods.”
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Jerome
“But God forbid that our Lord should have died in vain.The strong man is bound, and his goods are spoiled.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 27.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
The blasphemy of the Scribes having been detailed, our Lord shews that what they said was impossible, confirming His proof by an example. Wherefore it says, “And having called them together unto Him, He said unto…
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And because He has already shewn by an example that a devil cannot cast out a devil, He shews how he can be expelled, saying, “No man can enter into a strong man’s house, &c.”
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
The meaning of the example is this: The devil is the strong man; his goods are the men into whom he is received; unless therefore a man first conquers the devil, how can he deprive him of his goods, that is, of the…
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The Lord has also bound the strong man, that is, the devil: which means, He has restrained him from seducing the elect, and entering into his house, the world; He has spoiled his house, and his goods, that is men,…
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He says indeed, that blasphemy concerning Himself was pardonable, because He then seemed to be a man despised and of the most lowly birth, but, that contumely against God has no remission. Now blasphemy against the…
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We must however understand, that they will not obtain pardon unless they repent. But since it was at the flesh of Christ that they were offended, even though they did not repent, some excuse was allowed them, and…
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Or this is meant; that he will not deserve to work out repentance, so as to be accepted, who, understanding who Christ was, declared that He was the prince of the devils.
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Neither however are those, who do not believe the Holy Spirit to be God, guilty of an unpardonable blasphemy, because they were persuaded to do this by human ignorance, not by devilish malice.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Mark
Or else impenitence itself is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost which hath no remission. For either in his thought or by his tongue, he speaks a word against the Holy Ghost, the forgiver of sins, who treasures up…
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Cross-references · 28
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Catechism §539.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.21.
Parallel passages
Matthew 12:29 and Mark 3:27 share the same wording (17 words).