Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 10:19
I give you power — That is, I continue it to you: and nothing shall hurt you — Neither the power, nor the subtilty of Satan.
I give you power — That is, I continue it to you: and nothing shall hurt you — Neither the power, nor the subtilty of Satan.
Verse Luke 10:19. _TO TREAD ON SERPENTS_, c.] It is possible that by _serpents_ and _scorpions_ our Lord means the _scribes_ and _Pharisees_, whom he calls _serpents_ and a _brood of vipers_, Matthew...
TO TREAD ON SERPENTS - Preservation from danger. If you tread on a poisonous reptile that would otherwise injure you, I will keep you from danger. If you go among bitter and malignant enemies that wou...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
RETURN OF THE SEVENTY. With Luke 10:17; cf. Luke 9:10 = Mark 6:30. The missioners report that the demons obey them in the name of Jesus. Jesus assents; He had watched Satan fall from heaven during the...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
The Seventy returned with joy. "Lord, they said, "at your name the demons are subject to us." He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven. Look you--I have given you authority to wal...
I GIVE. I have given. So. m. Tr.. WH R. POWER. authority. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. ON. Greek. _epano,_ upon (from above). Not the sameword as in verses: Luke 34:35; Luke 34:37. OVER. upon. _Greek...
_I give_ Read, I HAVE GIVEN, with א, B, C, L, &c. _power_ Rather, the authority. _to tread on serpents and scorpions_ Compare Mark 16:17-18. So far as the promise was _literal,_the only fact of the...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
Luke 10:1-24. THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ΔΈΔΩΚΑ. אBCL, Ti[216] W.H[217] ‘I have given.’ The Rec[218] δίδωμι, ‘I am giving.’ [216] Ti. Tischendorf. [217] W.H. Westcott and Hort. [218] Rec. The Textus Receptus. 19. ΔΈΔΩΚΑ. ‘I have given,’ wi...
VER 17. AND THE SEVENTY RETURNED AGAIN WITH JOY, SAYING, LORD, EVEN THE DEVILS ARE SUBJECT TO US THROUGH YOUR NAME. 18. AND HE SAID TO THEM, I BEHELD SATAN AS LIGHTNING FALL FROM HEAVEN. 19. BEHOLD, I...
_THE WORK OF THE SEVENTY -- LUKE 10:1-20:_ The Lord sent out seventy of His followers to carry His message into every village. He said, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye...
ΔΈΔΩΚΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. _Perf._ означает: "Я дал это вам, так что теперь вы владеете этим" (Geldenhuys). ΠΑΤΕΪ́Ν _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΑΤΈΩ (G3961) ходить. Эпэкз. _inf._...
BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU POWER, &C.— _To tread on serpents_ is a proverbial expression, which signifies victory over enemies; accordingly, it is added, _and over all the power of the enemy._ Though the...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Preaching the Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24) 10 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himsel...
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. BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU - not with a view to the ren...
1 As the Lord was on His way to celebrate the festival of Ingathering, this,vas actually the time of harvest and He was comparing the physical to the spiritual state of the country. At harvest time th...
10:19 power (b-6) _ Exousia_ . see Matthew 10:1 . The second 'power' in this verse is 'dunamis'....
SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS] Victory over spiritual foes is meant, rather than immunity from bodily injury, yet cp. Mark 16:18; Acts 28:3. THE ENEMY IS SATAN (Matthew 13:25)....
RETURN OF THE SEVENTY (peculiar to Lk)....
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU... — The better MSS. have, “I have given,” as of something already bestowed in its completeness. In the power to “tread on serpents and scorpions,” we have a manifest reference...
_Return of the Seventy_. No such report of the doings of the Twelve, and of their Master's congratulations, is given in any of the Gospels (_cf._ Mark 6:30-31). It seems as if Lk. attached more import...
reminds one of Mark 16:18. τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, the enemy, Satan. οὐδὲν, may be either nominative or accusative = either, “nothing shall in any wise hurt you,” R. V [101], or “in no respect shall he (the enemy...
THE SOURCES OF DEEPEST JOY Luke 10:17-24 How triumphant the return of the evangelist! With faces flushed with pride and hearts high with elation, they returned to the Master with their reports. What...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
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....
_Given you power, &c. By these words our Saviour seems to insinuate, that the venom of serpents, and the other noxious qualities of some animals, proceed from the malice of the devil. These are the ar...
CHAPTER 6. REPORT OF THE SEVENTY EVANGELISTS Luke 10:17-24. When our Savior was at Capernaum, in Galilee, about September first, He called these Seventy, and sent them out two by two, thus constituti...
3. _The Sending of the Seventy. Disciples: Luke 10:1-24_. Though Jesus proceeded slowly from city to city, and from village to village, He had but little time to devote to each place. It was therefore...
2 _d. The Return: Luke 10:17-24_. Jesus had appointed a rendezvous for His disciples at a fixed place. From the word ὑπέστρεψαν, _they returned_ (Luke 10:17), it would even appear that the place was t...
(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,...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
19._Lo, I give you power. _This is said by way of admission. Christ does not affirm that the gift of which they now boast is not illustrious, but reminds them, that they ought to keep their eye chiefl...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
BEHOLD, I GIVE YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS,.... Which may be literally understood, as in Mark 16:18, or figuratively of the devil, and his principalities and powers, and all his emiss...
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. Ver. 19. _To tread on serpents_] _See Trapp on "_ Mar 1...
_And the seventy returned_ The seventy disciples, having gone through the several parts of the country appointed them, returned and told their Master with great joy what they had done, _saying, Lord,...
TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS; to tread on literal serpents and scorpions without harm, and to overcome wicked men, who are like serpents and scorpions in character. NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HU...
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....
The return and report of the seventy:...
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) an...
17-24 All our victories over Satan, are obtained by power derived from Jesus Christ, and he must have all the praise. But let us beware of spiritual pride, which has been the destruction of many. Our...
Christ doth here: 1. Confirm the power before given to these seventy for working miracles, that they might not think that it ceased upon the determination of their first mission. 2. He confirmeth his...
Dialogue of Justin , and on all the might of the enemy.'[292] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II and conferred on those that believe in Him the power "to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on al...
Luke 10:19 Behold G2400 (G5628) give G1325 (G5719) you G5213 the G1849 trample G3961 (G5721) on...
THE SEVENTY (TWO) RETURN (10:17-20). The return of the disciples, rejoicing in their being able to cast out evil spirits in Jesus' name, leads on to Jesus confirmation of the defeat of Satan and of th...
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will in any way hurt you.” The result of Satan's fall, whether seen as actually...
Luke 10:19. I HAVE GIVEN. The correct reading expresses an abiding fact. The Lord augments by a new promise the joy He has just confirmed. AUTHORITY, delegated power here. TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. Peculiar to Luke. The labors of this large body of disciples were brief, their mission temporary. The incident has no bearing upon questions of ecclesiastical position. Our...
AND OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY (κα επ πασαν την δυναμιν του εχθρου). This is the heart of "the authority" (την εξουσιαν) here given by Jesus which is far beyond their expectations. The victory...
Our Lord was about to send out seventy disciples to preach the gospel. He had already chosen his twelve apostles; now there must be seventy disciples, something like Moses had seventy elders to serve...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
THE SEVENTY-TWO MEN CAME BACK IN GREAT JOY. Luke seems to emphasize the work of these seventy-two. How long they had been out on their mission is not known. EVEN THE DEMONS OBEYED US. Jesus gave a pro...
_The seventy returned_ THE SEVENTY I. COMMISSION OF THE SEVENTY. 1. They were commissioned of Christ. 2. They were commissioned of Christ to prepare the way before Him. 3. They received special d...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:19 SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS are physical dangers that the disciples will face in their preaching, and also symbols of demonic opposition. NOTHING SHALL HURT YOU. See...
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions._ Power _ε̉ξουσίαν_, _i.e_. authority. We may take the words literally, for to Adam was given dominion over every living thing. Christ then...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:17. RETURNED.—The mission may not have occupied more than a few days: probably a time and place of rendezvous had been appointed. EVEN THE DEVILS.—Their success had exceeded...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
Acts 28:5; Ezekiel 2:6; Hebrews 13:5; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 11:8;...
THE SENDING FORTH OF THE SEVENTY Luke 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have here a most important theme, THE SENDING FORTH OF THE SEVENTY. There are some things in general which we feel led to suggest he...
Our Lord, finding that his seventy ambassadors had managed their former commission so well, he here enlarged it, adding there unto. promise of divine protection: BEHOLD. GIVE YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SER...