Luke 10:18

So ¹  he said to them, “I saw ²  Satan fall ³  like lightning ⁴  from heaven.

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He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

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"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan falling from heaven as a flash of lightning!

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Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky.

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And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.

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He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.

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And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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So ¹  he said to them, “I saw ²  Satan fall ³  like lightning ⁴  from heaven.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ reply in vv. 18-20 follows from the positive report of the messengers in v. 17.

² tn This is an imperfect tense verb.

³ tn In Greek, this is a participle and comes at the end of the verse, making it somewhat emphatic.

⁴ tn This is probably best taken as allusion to Isa 14:12; the phrase in common is ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (ek tou ouranou). These exorcisms in Jesus’ name are a picture of Satan’s greater defeat at Jesus’ hands (D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 2:1006-7).