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Scott's Reference Library
Luke 10:17 through Luke 10:20 (NIV)
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit
to us in your name.”
18He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you
authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of
the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits
submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 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 success of his ministers, in that hour he
rejoiced. He has ever resisted the proud, and given grace to the humble. The
more simply dependent we are on the teaching, help, and blessing of the Son of
God, the more we shall know both of the Father and of the Son; the more blessed
we shall be in seeing the glory, and hearing the words of the Divine Saviour;
and the more useful we shall be made in promoting his cause.