Jerome, on Matt 12:29

“Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.”

“His house is this world, which is set in evil, not by the majesty of the Creator, but by the greatness of the sinner. The strong man is bound and chained in tartarus, bruised by the Lord’s foot. Yet ought we not therefore to be careless; for here the conqueror Himself pronounces our adversary to be strong.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.