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.”

[10:17]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[10:17]  ² tc See the tc note on the number “seventy-two” in Luke 10:1.

[10:17]  ³ tn Or “the demons obey”; see L&N 36.18.

[10:17]  ⁴ tn The prepositional phrase “in your name” indicates the sphere of authority for the messengers’ work of exorcism.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

[10:20]  ⁶ tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

[10:20]  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.