SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:25
Y Jess, como sabía los pensamientos de ellos, les dijo: Todo reino dividido contra sí mismo, es desolado; y toda ciudad o casa dividida contra sí misma, no permanecer.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:25
Verse 25. Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation] Our Lord's argument was thus:-"The welfare of any kingdom, city, or family, depends on its concord and unanimity; Satan, like every other potentate, must wish to rule his empire in peace and security; how then can he be in league with me, who oppose his authority, and am destroying his kingdom?" The reasoning of the Pharisees, ver. 24, was not expressed, and Jesus, knowing their thoughts, gave them ample proof or his omniscience. This, with our Lord's masterly confutation of their reasonings, by a conclusion drawn from their own premises, one would have supposed might have humbled and convinced these men; but the most conclusive reasoning, and the most astonishing miracles, were lost upon a people who were obstinately determined to disbelieve every thing good, relative to Christ. How true the saying-He came unto his own, and his own received him not!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. And Jesus knew their thoughts , etc.] He not only heard their blasphemous words, but was privy to their secret thoughts; he knew their vile malicious intentions and designs, with what view they expressed themselves in this manner, on purpose to reproach him, and set the people against him, contrary to the inward light of their minds, and dictates of their consciences; who must, and did know the contrary of what they said: and regarding the inward frame of their minds, as well as their words, and which is a proof of his omniscience, and so of his deity, and consequently of his Messiahship, said unto them the following parables, as Mark calls them, ( Mark 3:23) or proverbial expressions: every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; a government, in which there is a disagreement between the chiefs of it, and the body of the people, or where one part is opposed to the other, or in which a civil and intestine war is begun and prosecuted, cannot continue in any comfortable situation, and flourishing state, but must come to nothing: this is a maxim that has been so often fatally verified, that no one will doubt the truth of it; and the same holds true of lesser communities, of cities, and families: and every city, or house, divided against itself, shall not stand . If citizens fall out with their magistrates, or one with another, and turn out, and disfranchise each other; and if the heads of families, and the respective branches thereof, quarrel with, and divide from one another, a dissolution of the whole must ensue; and the same may be said of the kingdom and government of Satan. These, it is very likely, were common sayings among the Jews, and they might be very easily understood by them; and are very appropriately produced by Christ to illustrate the present case, and confute the vile and blasphemous suggestions of the Pharisees: a proverbial expression, much like to these, is to be read in the writings of the Jews, brjyl wpws tqwljm wb y tyb lk , every house, in which there is a division, at the end shall come to desolation f745 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-30 - A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God, and dumb at the throne of grace; sees nothing, and say nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals u the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the mor desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Sata aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divide against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesu cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove tha their children cast them out by any other power. There are two grea interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith an obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid of rejoice in such a change are against Christ.
Greek Textus Receptus
ειδως 1492 5761 V-RAP-NSM δε 1161 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM τας 3588 T-APF ενθυμησεις 1761 N-APF αυτων 846 P-GPM ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM πασα 3956 A-NSF βασιλεια 932 N-NSF μερισθεισα 3307 5685 V-APP-NSF καθ 2596 PREP εαυτης 1438 F-3GSF ερημουται 2049 5743 V-PPI-3S και 2532 CONJ πασα 3956 A-NSF πολις 4172 N-NSF η 2228 PRT οικια 3614 N-NSF μερισθεισα 3307 5685 V-APP-NSF καθ 2596 PREP εαυτης 1438 F-3GSF ου 3756 PRT-N σταθησεται 2476 5701 V-FPI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
12:25 {Knowing their thoughts} (eidws de tas enqumeseis autwn). 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 emeristh in #26, ephthasen in #28 (simple sense of arriving as in #Php 3:16 from fqan"). Christ is engaged in deathless conflict with Satan the strong man (#29). "Goods" (skeue) means house-gear, house furniture, or equipment as in #Lu 17:36 and #Ac 27:17, the tackling of the ship.
