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Luke 10:18

And he seide to hem, Y saiy Sathnas fallynge doun fro heuene, as leit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Lightning;   Miracles;   Satan;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Adversary;   Satan;   Satan-Evil Spirits;   Serpent;   Tempter;   The Topic Concordance - Devil/devils;   Name;   Power;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Devil, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adummim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Demons;   Enemy;   Kingdom of god;   Millennium;   Satan;   Son of man;   Victory;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Eve;   Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Kingdom of God;   Satan;   Suffering;   War, Holy War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Devil;   Exorcist;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abaddon;   Devil;   Exorcism;   Lucifer;   Satan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Devil;   Disciples;   Lightning;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the New Testament;   Devil;   Evil;   Host of Heaven;   Jesus Christ;   Lightning;   Lucifer;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Antichrist ;   Complacency;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Despise;   Discourse;   Endurance;   Evil (2);   Heat ;   Holy Spirit (2);   Imagination;   Israel, Israelite;   Lightning ;   Logia;   Look ;   Lord's Prayer (I);   Mental Characteristics;   Nature and Natural Phenomena;   Parable;   Poet;   Prince (2);   Redemption (2);   Sacrifice (2);   Satan (2);   Seeing;   Seventy (2);   Sin (2);   Star (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethsaida;   Devil;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Demoniacs;   Exorcist,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fell;   Heaven;   Lightning;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Salvation;   Satan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Demonology;   Fall of Angels;   Jesus of Nazareth;   Lucifer;   Satan;  

Devotionals:

- My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for January 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He said to them, “I watched Satan
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heauen.
King James Version
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
New Century Version
Jesus said, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Amplified Bible
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
Berean Standard Bible
So He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus told them: I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Darby Translation
And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from the sky.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said vnto them, I sawe Satan, like lightening, fall downe from heauen.
George Lamsa Translation
He said to them, I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.
Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Lexham English Bible
So he said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.
Literal Translation
And He said to them, I saw Satan falling out of Heaven as lightning!
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "I saw Hasatan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
International Standard Version
He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.John 12:31; 16:11; Revelation 9:1; 12:8-9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Then he said to them, I saw him, Satana, when he fell as lightning from heaven.
Murdock Translation
And he said to them: I saw Satan fall, like the lightning from heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said vnto them: I sawe Satan as it had ben lyghtnyng, fallyng downe from heauen.
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
World English Bible
He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to them, I beheld Satan falling as lightning from heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
"I saw Satan fall like a lightning-flash out of Heaven," He replied.
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, I watched Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
New English Translation
So he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
New King James Version
And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
New Living Translation
"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
New Revised Standard
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them - I was beholding Satan, when, like lightning, out of heaven, he fell!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto them: I sawe satan as it had bene lightenyng faule doune fro heave.
Young's Literal Translation
and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he sayde vnto them: I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge.
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which he said to them, I beheld satan falling, like lightning, from heaven.
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky. See what I've given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you. All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God's authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you—that's the agenda for rejoicing."
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Yep," Jesus said. "I watched when Satan fell from heaven. It was like a lightning bolt from the sky!

Contextual Overview

17 And the two and seuenti disciplis turneden ayen with ioye, and seiden, Lord, also deuelis ben suget to vs in thi name. 18 And he seide to hem, Y saiy Sathnas fallynge doun fro heuene, as leit. 19 And lo! Y haue youun to you power to trede on serpentis, and on scorpyouns, and on al the vertu of the enemy, and nothing schal anoye you. 20 Netheles nyle ye ioye on this thing, that spiritis ben suget to you; but ioye ye, that youre names ben writun in heuenes. 21 In thilk our he gladide in the Hooli Goost, and seide, Y knouleche to thee, fadir, Lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wise men and prudent, and hast schewid hem to smale children. Yhe, fadir, for so it pleside bifor thee. 22 Alle thingis ben youun to me of my fadir, and no man woot, who is the sone, but the fadir; and who is the fadir, but the sone, and to whom the sone wole schewe. 23 And he turnede to hise disciplis, and seide, Blessid ben the iyen, that seen tho thingis that ye seen. 24 For Y seie to you, that many prophetis and kyngis wolden haue seie tho thingis, that ye seen, and thei sayn not; and here tho thingis, that ye heren, and thei herden not.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I beheld Satan: John 12:31, John 16:11, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 12:7-9, Revelation 20:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:18 - they could Numbers 23:23 - no enchantment 1 Samuel 5:3 - Dagon was Isaiah 14:12 - How art thou fallen Lamentations 2:1 - and cast Amos 9:2 - climb John 4:48 - Except Colossians 2:15 - having 1 Timothy 3:6 - the condemnation 2 Peter 2:4 - the angels Revelation 8:10 - a great Revelation 12:9 - the great

Cross-References

Genesis 10:16
and Amorrei, Gergesei,
Genesis 10:17
Euei, and Arathei,
Numbers 34:8
fro which tho schulen come in to Emath, `til to the termes of Sedada;
Joshua 18:22
Betharacha, and Samaraym,
2 Samuel 8:9
Forsothe Thou, kyng of Emath, herde that Dauid hadde smyte al the strengthe of Adadezer.
2 Kings 17:24
Forsothe the kyng of Assiriens brouyte puple fro Babiloyne, and fro Cutha, and fro Hailath, and fro Emath, and fro Sepharuaym, and settide hem in the citees of Samarie for the sones of Israel; whiche hadden in possessioun Samarie, and dwelliden in the citees therof.
2 Kings 17:30
For men of Babiloyne maden Socoth Benoth; forsothe men of Cutha maden Vergel; and men of Emath maden Asyma;
2 Chronicles 13:4
Therfor Abia stood on the hil Semeron, that was in Effraym, and seide, Here thou, Jeroboam and al Israel;
Isaiah 10:9
Whether not as Carcamys, so Calanno; and as Arphat, so Emath? whether not as Damask, so Samarie?
Ezekiel 27:8
The dwelleris of Sidon and Aradians weren thi roweris; Tire, thi wise men weren maad thi gouernouris.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 surprising event, that devils should be cast out of men, and be in a state of subjection; for as he existed as the eternal Son of God before his incarnation, he was present, and saw him and his angels fall from heaven, from their first estate, their habitation of bliss and glory, down to hell, upon their sin and rebellion, as violently, swiftly, and suddenly, as the lightning falls from heaven to earth; and when he sent out these his disciples, as soon as they began their work, and all along in it, he, by his divine omniscience, saw the powers of darkness falling before their ministry and miracles; and he also foresaw how Satan hereafter, in a more conspicuous manner, would fall before the preaching of his Gospel by his apostles, not only in Judea, but especially among the Gentiles, where he, the prince of this world, would be cast down from his throne, and out of his kingdom; so that what they related, as it was what he knew before, it was but little in comparison of what he himself had seen long ago, and of what he foresaw would be; and even he would give them power to do other miraculous works besides these.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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” 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 lightning from heaven or from the clouds. The whole expression then may mean, “I saw at your command devils immediately depart, as quick as the flash of lightning. I gave you this power - I saw it put forth - and I give also now, in addition to this, the power to tread on serpents,” etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 10:18. 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 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.


 
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