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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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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