Matthew 12:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ ὁ Σατανᾶς τὸν Σατανᾶν ἐκβάλλει, ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν ἐμερίσθη· πῶς οὖν σταθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ;

Transliteration

And if the Satanas the Satanan ekballei, against himself emeristhē; how then stathēsetai the basileia of him?

Grammar Details

• *Satanas*: nominative, masculine, singular - Satan
• *Satanan*: accusative, masculine, singular - Satan
• *ekballei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - casts out/expels
• *emeristhē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - was divided/split
• *stathēsetai*: future, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - will stand/endure
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign

Word Meanings

• *ekballei*: casts out/expels/drives out
• *emeristhē*: was divided/was split/turned against himself
• *stathēsetai*: will stand/will endure/will remain
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule/domain

Referenced Verses

• Col 1:13 : 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
• 1 John 5:19 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
• Rev 9:11 : 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Rev 16:10 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
• Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
• John 14:30 : 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
• John 16:11 : 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.