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Luke 10:18

Luke 10:18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said unto them,.... In order to abate their surprise, and reduce their transport of mind:

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven; meaning, that this was no news to him, nor any…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I beheld Satan ... - “Satan” here denotes evidently the prince of the devils who had been cast out by the seventy disciples, for the discourse was respecting their power over evil spirits. “Lightning”…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I beheld Satan - Or, Satan himself, τον Σαταναν, the very Satan, the supreme adversary, falling as lightning, with the utmost suddenness, as a flash of lightning falls from the clouds, and at the same…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 10:17-24

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven Rather, I was observing Satan as lightning fallen from heaven, Isa 14:9-15. We find similar thoughts in Joh 16:11; Joh 12:31, "now shall the prince of this…