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Andδὲhe saidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“I was watchingἘθεώρουνSatanτὸν Σατανᾶνfallπεσόνταlikeὡςlightningἀστραπὴνfromἐκheaven.τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
Luke 10:18
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “I was watching Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:18, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “I was watchingἘθεώρουνEtheōroun
watch
To observe something closely.
Where else “Etheōroun” appears- SatanΣατανᾶνSatanan
Satan
Satan, a Hebrew name meaning "the adversary", the enemy of God.
Where else “Satanan” appears- fallπεσόνταpesonta
fall
To go from above down to the ground.
Where else “pesonta” appears- lightningἀστραπὴνastrapēn
lightning
The sudden light of lightning flashing across the sky in a storm.
Where else “astrapēn” appears- heavenοὐρανοῦouranou
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appears
The context
17And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”
18 · This verse (above)
19Look, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will ever harm you.
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)