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Andδὲthe seventy-twoοἱ ἑβδομήκοντα δύοreturnedὙπέστρεψανwithμετὰjoy,χαρᾶςsaying,λέγοντες“Lord,Κύριεevenκαὶthe demonsτὰ δαιμόνιαsubmitὑποτάσσεταιto usἡμῖνinἐνyour name!”τῷ ὀνόματί σου
Luke 10:17
Study it in the app“And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:17, word by word
- the seventy-twoἑβδομήκονταhebdomēkonta
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “hebdomēkonta” appears- the seventy-twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- returnedὙπέστρεψανHypestrepsan
return, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “Hypestrepsan” appears- joyχαρᾶςcharas
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charas” appears- sayingλέγοντεςlegontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appears- “LordΚύριεKyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- the demonsδαιμόνιαdaimonia
demon
An evil spirit that oppresses people.
Where else “daimonia” appears- submitὑποτάσσεταιhypotassetai
submit
To obey, place oneself under another.
Where else “hypotassetai” appears- your nameὀνόματίonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears
The context
16Whoever hears you hears me, and whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
17 · This verse (above)
18And he said to them, “I was watching Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)