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William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 10:1-42

The Service of Men Luke 10:1-2 Jesus in this conversation counsels His disciples concerning the conditions of the best service of man by man; and since we are all still apprentices to the Great Worker and Master, we welcome the opportunity of sitting at His feet, breathing the atmosphere of His presence, catching hints of the laws of all true work in and for His kingdom, and mastering the secret of His own intense, ceaseless, and wonderfully reproductive activity. I. But, first, we must... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Luke 10:1-42

CHAPTER 10 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1-16 ) 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17-20 ) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21-24 ) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. (Luke 10:25-29 ) 5. The Parable of the Good Samaritan. (Luke 10:30-37 ) 6. Martha and Mary. (Luke 10:38-42 .) Luke 10:1-24 Seventy others are commissioned by Him to be His heralds. They were to visit every city and place, which He would visit. How great and extended the labors of the Son of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 10:17

10:17 {4} And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us {e} through thy name.(4) Neither the gift of miracles, neither any other excellent gift, but only our election gives us an occasion of true joy. And only the publishing of the gospel is the destruction of Satan.(e) For Christ’s disciples used no absolute authority, but performed the miracles they did by calling upon Christ’s name. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 10:18

10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning {f} fall from heaven.(f) Paul writes that the location of the devil and his angels is in the air, as is found in Ephesians 6:12 , and he is said to be cast down from there by force, when his power is abolished by the voice of the Gospel. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 10:19

10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means {g} hurt you.(g) Will do you wrong. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:1-42

THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) and the Lord setting His face toward Jerusalem to be delivered up to the Jews (ch.9:51). Yet the testimony of the Lord increased. He sent forth seventy other disciples, in pairs, to prepare the way for Him in every city to which He would come. He gave them no encouragement to believe they would be... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 10:1-42

THE TWELVE AND THE SEVENTY The events of chapter 9 with a single exception, were dealt with in either Matthew or Mark. Luke, however, adds items of flesh interest to some of them which the student can easily discover by comparison. Chapter 10 has three subjects original with Luke: (1) the sending forth of the seventy (Luke 10:1-24 ); (2) the lawyers question and its answer (Luke 10:25-37 ); and (3) the story of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42 ). The sending forth of the seventy fits into... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Luke 10:1-42

Inheriting Eternal Life Luk 10:25 You will observe that the man who asked this question was a lawyer, a man of education and of good standing; a man, therefore, from whom good behaviour and reverence of spirit might reasonably have been expected. You would think that when such a man spoke, he would speak soberly, he would mean, under such circumstances, exactly what he said. You find, however, that the inquiry, the very greatest that can possibly engage human attention, was put in a spirit of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 10:17-20

(17) And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. (18) And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. (19) Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (20) Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you: but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. I beg the Reader to... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 10:18

I saw Satan as lightning, &c. Many expound it in this manner: I, who am from eternity, saw Satan with all the rebellious angels, as glorious as they were, fall from heaven; fear then, and tremble, though you have received such favours from God. Others take it in this sense, that Christ, by his incarnation, hath seen the power of the devils lessened and confounded, according to what he also said, (John xii. 31.) Now shall the prince of this world be cast out. (Witham) --- What connexion... read more

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