Luke 10:17

10:17 Then ¹  the seventy-two ²  returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to ³  us in your name!” ⁴ 

Luke 10:20

10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ⁵  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ⁶  that your names stand written ⁷  in heaven.”

Luke 2:51

2:51 Then ⁸  he went down with them and came to Nazareth, ⁹  and was obedient ¹⁰  to them. But ¹¹  his mother kept all these things ¹²  in her heart. ¹³ 

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.

⁵ tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

⁶ tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

⁷ tn The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3.

¹¹ tn Or “was submitting.”

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

¹³ tn Or “all these words.”

¹⁴ sn On the phrase his mother kept all these things in her heart compare Luke 2:19.