Luke 10:18

Luke 10:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Context of Luke 10:18

16Jesus then said to his disciples, ‘Whoever listens to you is also listening to me. Whoever does not accept you does not accept me. And whoever does not accept me does not accept my Father God, who sent me.’ 17Later, the 72 disciples that Jesus had sent out returned to him. They were very happy. ‘Master,’ they said, ‘even bad spirits obey us. When we use your name, they do what we say.’ Jesus replied, ‘I saw the Devil himself fall from heaven like lightning. 19Listen! I have given power to you. You will even stand on dangerous snakes and insects and you will have authority over all the power of the Devil. Nothing will hurt you. 20But do not be happy because you have authority over bad spirits. God has written your names in his book in heaven. That is why you should be happy.’

Luke 10:18 word by word

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς· ἐθεώρουν τὸν σατανᾶν ὡς ἀστραπὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• I beheldθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• Satanὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• lightningἀστραπήastrapē · lightningG796
• fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Luke 10:18

• John 12:31It is time now for God to judge the people in this world. Now he will throw out the ruler of this world.
• John 16:11They are wrong about how God judges people, because God has already judged Satan, the ruler of this world.
• Hebrews 2:14So, those people who become God's children are human. They have human bodies. Because of that, Jesus himself became human like us. In that way, when he died he was able to destroy the Devil. It is the Devil who has power over death.
• 1 John 3:8People who continue to do wrong things show that they belong to the Devil. The Devil has always been doing wrong things from the beginning. This is why the Son of God came to the world. He came to destroy everything that the Devil has done.
• Revelation 9:1The fifth angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then I saw a star that had fallen down from the sky to the earth. Someone gave a key to that star. The key could open the entrance to the deep hole.
• Revelation 12:7Then a war started in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his army of angels fought against Michael and his angels.
• Revelation 20:2He took hold of the dragon. That dragon is the Devil and Satan. He is the snake who has lived since long ago. The angel tied up the dragon with the chain for 1,000 years.

Commentaries on Luke 10:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I beheld Satan - Or, Satan himself, , 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 time in the most observable manner. The fall was both very sudden and very apparent. Thus should the fall of the corrupt Jewish state be, and thus was the fall of idolatry in the Gentile world.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I 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” is an image of “rapidity” or “quickness.” I saw Satan fall “quickly” or rapidly - as quick as lightning. The phrase “from heaven” is to be referred to the lightning, and does not mean that he saw “Satan” fall “from heaven,” but that he fell as quick as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 All our victories over Satan, are obtained by power derived from Jesus Christ, and he must have all the praise. But let us beware of spiritual pride, which has been the destruction of many. Our Lord rejoiced at the prospect of the salvation of many souls. It was fit that particular notice should be taken of that hour of joy; there were few such, for He was a man of sorrows: in that hour in which he saw Satan fall, and heard of the good…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven: See Revelation 12:7–12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. I beheld--As much of the force of this glorious statement depends on the nice shade of sense indicated by the imperfect tense in the original, it should be brought out in the translation: "I was beholding Satan as lightning falling from heaven"; that is, "I followed you on your mission, and watched its triumphs; while you were wondering at the subjection to you of devils in My name, a grander spectacle was opening to My view; sudden as the darting of…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 10:18

• Jesus, the Christ
• Lightning
• Miracles
• Satan

In the dictionaries

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• Fall
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Commentaries on Luke 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings