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Luke 10

Luke 10:18

The Joyful Return · Luke 10:17–20
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Translations

Modern
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Traditional
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Literal
And He said to them, “I was beholding Satan having fallen like lightning out of heaven.
Latin
Et ait illis: Videbam Satanam sicut fulgor de cælo cadentem.

Original

Greek
English
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Notes

Luke 10:18

I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven: See Revelation 12:7–12.

Luke 10:1–20

the Lord appointed seventy-two others: The mission of the twelve disciples represented the ministry of Jesus to Israel (9:1–6). This mission represented his outreach to the Gentiles. The number 72 represents the nations of the world. Genesis 10 lists 70 nations in the Hebrew text, but the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) lists 72.

Luke, who used the Septuagint, likely wrote 72, and then a later scribe changed it to match the Hebrew text. The main idea is that the good news about Jesus and the kingdom of God is for both Jews and Gentiles.

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Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

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