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THE MESSAGE
Luke 10:18
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He said to them, “I watched Satan
And he said vnto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heauen.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
And He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
Jesus said, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.
And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
So He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Jesus told them: I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
Yeshua said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
Jesus said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from the sky.
And he said vnto them, I sawe Satan, like lightening, fall downe from heauen.
He said to them, I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.
Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
So he said to them, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven.
And He said to them, I saw Satan falling out of Heaven as lightning!
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.
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Then he said to them, I saw him, Satana, when he fell as lightning from heaven.
And he said to them: I saw Satan fall, like the lightning from heaven.
And he said vnto them: I sawe Satan as it had ben lyghtnyng, fallyng downe from heauen.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
And he said to them, I beheld Satan falling as lightning from heaven.
"I saw Satan fall like a lightning-flash out of Heaven," He replied.
And he seide to hem, Y saiy Sathnas fallynge doun fro heuene, as leit.
And he said to them, I watched Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
So he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!
Jesus said to them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
And he said unto them - I was beholding Satan, when, like lightning, out of heaven, he fell!
And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven.
And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
And he sayde vnto them: I sawe satan as it had bene lightenyng faule doune fro heave.
and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;
But he sayde vnto them: I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge.
upon which he said to them, I beheld satan falling, like lightning, from heaven.
"Yep," Jesus said. "I watched when Satan fell from heaven. It was like a lightning bolt from the sky!
Contextual Overview
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
Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had struck down the entire army of Hadadezer. So he sent his son Joram to King David to greet and congratulate him for fighting and defeating them, for Toi and Hadadezer were old enemies. He brought with him gifts of silver, gold, and bronze. King David consecrated these along with the silver and gold from all the nations he had conquered—from Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and from Amalek, along with the plunder from Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.
The king of Assyria brought in people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and relocated them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the exiled Israelites. They moved in as if they owned the place and made themselves at home. When the Assyrians first moved in, God was just another god to them; they neither honored nor worshiped him. Then God sent lions among them and people were mauled and killed.
Abijah took a prominent position on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and gave this speech: "Listen, Jeroboam and all Israel! Don't you realize that God , the one and only God of Israel, established David and his sons as the permanent rulers of Israel, ratified by a ‘covenant of salt'— God 's kingdom ruled by God 's king? And what happened? Jeroboam, the son of Solomon's slave Nebat, rebelled against his master. All the riffraff joined his cause and were too much for Rehoboam, Solomon's true heir. Rehoboam didn't know his way around—besides he was a real wimp; he couldn't stand up against them.
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 ... - âSatanâ 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. âLightningâ is an image of ârapidityâ or âquickness.â I saw Satan fall âquicklyâ or rapidly - as quick as lightning. The phrase âfrom heavenâ is to be referred to the lightning, and does not mean that he saw âSatanâ fall âfrom heaven,â but that he fell as quick as lightning from heaven or from the clouds. The whole expression then may mean, âI 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,â etc.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 10:18. I beheld Satan — Or, Satan himself, Ïον ÏαÏαναν, 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.
