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Mk 3:23b ... "How is-able Satan Satan to-cast-out"?

The 3rd phrase has these 5 dialog words ... Pōs dunatai Satanas Satanan ekballein ("How is-able Satan Satan to-cast-out")?

The 5 dialog words are top down. The word "satanas" (nom. singular) is the subject of the sentence, "ekballein" (verb, to out-cast) the predicate, "satanan" (acc. singular) the direct object. We know Jesus is calling out to the scribes in parables. The subject "Satanas" (Satan) could be an imaginary big red fly sitting on the pile of dung, or maybe something else. Jesus is talking hypothetically, in parables to the scribes. How can one cast oneself out? I don't know.

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