Luke 10:17

Luke 10:17

15 ^aAnd you, Capernaum, who are ^bexalted to heaven, ^cwill be brought down to Hades.

16 ^aHe who hears you hears Me, ^bhe who rejects you rejects Me, and ^che who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

The Seventy Return with Joy

17 Then ^athe seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

18 And He said to them, ^a“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19 Behold, ^aI give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but¹ rather rejoice because ^ayour names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Spirit

21 ^aIn that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

22 ^aAll things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and ^bno one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

23 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, ^a“Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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returned—evidently not long away.

Lord, etc.—"Thou hast exceeded Thy promise, for 'even the devils,'" etc. The possession of such power, not being expressly in their commission, as in that to the Twelve (Luke 9:1), filled them with more astonishment and joy than all else.

through thy name—taking no credit to themselves, but feeling lifted into a region of unimagined superiority to the powers of evil simply through their connection with Christ.

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