Luke - 11:20



20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 11:20.

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But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.
But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.
But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
Moreover, if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then certainly the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Finger of God - See on Exodus 8:19 (note).

But if I with the (d) finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
(d) That is, by the power of God: so it says in See Exodus 8:19.

But if I with the, finger of God,.... The power of God, referring to Exodus 8:19 and so the Cabalistic Jews (r) explain it,
"the finger is one of the five in the hand, and is that finger which works by the power of Elohim;''
it is the same with the Spirit of God; See Gill on Matthew 12:28 which is often called the hand of the Lord, Ezekiel 1:3.
(r) R. Mosch in Sepher Hashem, apud Cabal. Denudata. T. I. par. l. p. 146.

the finger of God--"the Spirit of God" (Matthew 12:28); the former figuratively denoting the power of God, the latter the living Personal Agent in every exercise of it.

If I cast out devils by the finger of God - That is, by a power manifestly Divine. Perhaps the expression intimates farther, that it was done without any labour: then the kingdom of God is come upon you - Unawares, unexpected: so the Greek word implies.

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