Discovery BoxMatthew 12:29 
Context12:29 How 1 else can someone enter a strong man’s 2 house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. 3
Matthew 24:30
Context24:30 Then 4 the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, 5 and 6 all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They 7 will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven 8 with power and great glory.
1 tn Grk “Or how can.”
2 sn The strong man here pictures Satan.
3 sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
5 tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.
6 tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
8 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.
