Lukas 10:17-18

10:17 Then ¹  the seventy-two ²  returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to ³  us in your name!” ⁴  10:18 So ⁵  he said to them, “I saw ⁶  Satan fall ⁷  like lightning ⁸  from heaven.

Lukas 10:20

10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ⁹  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ¹⁰  that your names stand written ¹¹  in heaven.”

[10:17]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[10:17]  ² tc See the tc note on the number “seventy-two” in Luke 10:1.

[10:17]  ³ tn Or “the demons obey”; see L&N 36.18.

[10:17]  ⁴ tn The prepositional phrase “in your name” indicates the sphere of authority for the messengers’ work of exorcism.

[10:18]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ reply in vv. 18-20 follows from the positive report of the messengers in v. 17.

[10:18]  ⁶ tn This is an imperfect tense verb.

[10:18]  ⁷ tn In Greek, this is a participle and comes at the end of the verse, making it somewhat emphatic.

[10:18]  ⁸ tn This is probably best taken as allusion to Isa 14:12; the phrase in common is ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (ek tou ouranou). These exorcisms in Jesus’ name are a picture of Satan’s greater defeat at Jesus’ hands (D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 2:1006-7).

[10:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

[10:20]  ¹⁰ tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

[10:20]  ¹¹ tn The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.