Luke 11:20

Luke 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
• New International Version (NIV)But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Context of Luke 11:20

18So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. 21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. 22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

Luke 11:20 word by word

εἰ δὲ ἐν δακτύλῳ θεοῦ ἐγὼ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, ἄρα ἔφθασεν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• Iἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the fingerδάκτυλοςdaktulos · fingerG1147
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• devilsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• devilsδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
• no doubtἄραara · thereforeG686
• the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• is comeφθάνωphthanō · to precede/arriveG5348
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• youσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Luke 11:20

• Exodus 8:19The magicians said to Pharaoh, “It is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.
• Matthew 12:28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
• Luke 11:17But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.
• Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
• Luke 12:25And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?
• Luke 10:9Heal the sick in that town and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’
• Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
• Acts 20:25“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
• Acts 28:23They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

Commentaries on Luke 11:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Finger of God - See on Exodus 8:19; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-26Verses 14-26 Christ's thus casting out the devils, was really the destroying of their power. The heart of every unconverted sinner is the devil's palace, where he dwells, and where he rules. There is a kind of peace in the heart of an unconverted soul, while the devil, as a strong man armed, keeps it. The sinner is secure, has no doubt concerning the goodness of his state, nor any dread of the judgment to come. But observe the wonderful change made in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The kingdom of God has come upon you: When Jesus drove out demons, he showed that the kingdom of God was present.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. the finger of God--"the Spirit of God" (Mt 12:28); the former figuratively denoting the power of God, the latter the living Personal Agent in every exercise of it.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Kingdom of God
• Allow
• Clean
• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek

Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings