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Knowing their thoughts (eidōs de tas enthumēseis autōn). What they were revolving in their minds. They now find out what a powerful opponent Jesus is. By parables, by a series of conditions (first class), by sarcasm, by rhetorical question, by merciless logic, he lays bare their hollow insincerity and the futility of their arguments. Satan does not cast out Satan. Note timeless aorist passive emeristhē in Mat 12:26, ephthasen in Mat 12:28 (simple sense of arriving as in Phi 3:16 from phthanō). Christ is engaged in deathless conflict with Satan the strong man (Mat 12:29). “Goods” (skeuē) means house-gear, house furniture, or equipment as in Luk 17:36 and Act 27:17, the tackling of the ship.