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Luke 10:18

Satan
Spiritual warfareJesus Christ

16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
KJV
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
WEB
He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
ASV
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
DARBY
And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
BLB
And He said to them, “I was beholding Satan having fallen like lightning out of heaven.
ÅB
Da sa han til dem: Jeg så Satan falle ned fra himmelen som et lyn.
OTB
Han sa til dem: "Jeg så Satan falle ned fra himmelen som et lyn.
B1930
Da sa han til dem: Jeg så Satan falle ned fra himmelen som et lyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 12:7–9

    Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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  • Isaiah 14:12

    How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

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  • Revelation 9:1

    Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

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  • John 16:11

    and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

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  • John 12:31

    Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

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  • 1 John 3:8

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

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  • Hebrews 2:14

    Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

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  • Matthew 4:10

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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