Luke 10:17

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

And the seventy returned again (evidently they had not been long away), with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through [or, 'in' en (G1722 )] thy name. 'Lord, thou hast exceeded thy promise: We had not expected this.' The power to cast out devils, not being expressly in their commission, as it was in that to the Twelve (Luke 9:1), seems to have filled them with more astonishment and joy then the higher object of their mission. Yet they say, "in Thy name" - taking no credit to themselves, but feeling lifted into a region of unimagined superiority to the powers of evil, simply through their connection with Christ.