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Luke 10:18 KJV
Luke · chapter 10 · verse 18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.Luke 10:18 · King James Version
Luke 10:18 in context
16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
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- lightningastrapēlightning, of the gleam of a lampG796 →
- beheldtheōreōto be a spectator, look at, behold, to view attentively, take a view of, survey, to view…G2334 →
- Satansatanasadversary , the name given to, the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of…G4567 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- fallpiptōto descend from a higher place to a lower, to fall , to be thrust down, metaph. to fall…G4098 →
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Christ sent forth the seventy disciples as he was going up to Jerusalem to the feast of tabernacles, when he went up, not openly, but as it were in secret (Joh 7:10), having sent abroad so great a part of his ordinary retinue; and Dr.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-24