<p>11:26 <i>Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first</i>-&nbsp;&ldquo;State&rdquo; is an addition from the translators. &ldquo;The last&rdquo; was the state of condemnation which that generation ended up in. The Lord&rsquo;s comments that the first would be &ldquo;last&rdquo; (Mt. 20:16) could therefore be taken as a reference to the final condemnation of the Jewish religious leadership, &ldquo;the first&rdquo;. However, &ldquo;the last&rdquo;, the&nbsp;<i>eschatos</i>, could refer to their status at the judgment of the last day. But the essence of judgment is now, and the Lord saw them as already in that state. It &ldquo;<i>is</i>&nbsp;worse&rdquo; and yet thus &lsquo;it&nbsp;<i>shall&nbsp;</i>be&rsquo; for that generation.</p>