Translation
Or how is it possible for someone to enter into the house
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Paraphrase
How then is it possible that I have entered what considers his Satan realm (the physical world) and I am succeeding at capturing that which he thought he possessed securely (people’s allegiance), unless it is true that I have also rendered him powerless? That is the reason I can take what he thought was his alone.
Footnotes
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In applying this word-picture to Jesus, the house would represent the physical world, which Satan thought was his realm. It has never truly belonged to Satan, he tried to steal it, and he claims ownership over it, but that is impossible. It could only belong to him if God gave it to him or gave him authority over it; what God has made no one can fully take away; they can only claim it as theirs as use it as theirs, but there will be consequences for misusing what really belongs to God.