Text -- Luke 10:17 (NET)

10:17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 10:17

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tc See the tc note on the number “seventy-two” in Luke 10:1.

³ tn Or “the demons obey”; see L&N 36.18.

⁴ tn The prepositional phrase “in your name” indicates the sphere of authority for the messengers’ work of exorcism.