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Mat_12:29. Ἤ ] Transition by way of proceeding to give further proof of the actual state of the case.
τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ ] The article indicates the particular strong man (hero) with whom the τίς has to do.
The thought embodied in this illustration is as follows: Or—if you still hesitate to admit the inference in Mat_12:28—how is it possible for me to despoil Satan of his servants and instruments ( τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ corresponding to the demons in the application)—withdraw them from his control—without having first of all conquered him? Does my casting out of demons not prove that I have subdued Satan,—have deprived him of his power, just as it is necessary to bind a strong man before plundering his house? For ἤ , when serving to introduce a question by way of rejoinder, see Bäumlein, Partik. p. 132. The σκεύη in the illustration are the furniture of the house (not the weapons), as is evident from τ . οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ below. Mar_3:27.
The figurative language may have been suggested by a recollection of Isa_49:24 f.