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Luk 10:18. Ἐθεώρουν, I was beholding) viz. in spirit: at the time when ye went forth, or when ye acted.[94]-Ὡς ἈΣΤΡΑΠῊΝ, as lightning) with the utmost rapidity.-ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, from heaven) in which Satan seems to have been accusing the little ones, i.e. the disciples.-πέσοντα) falling headlong (or rushing): and this, either, he had been banished by force out of heaven (certainly Satan at that time received many strokes, even through the instrumentality of those little ones; in which view the ἐθεώρουν, I was beholding, signifies, that the disciples themselves in some measure had acted against Satan, the Lord beholding them all the time, and rejoicing that He is conquering Satan through them as His instruments): or else, because he (Satan) had obtained permission to resist the disciples, by whom Satan was to be overcome; and he had hastened to come to the succour of the demons which obey him, and to support (prop up) his bad cause. Comp. Luk 10:19. At all events πεσεῖν, with which comp. Act 27:26, LXX. ΣΥΜΠΊΠΤΕΙΝ, פאט, 1Ch 14:9; 1Ch 14:13, is not always the same as ΒΛΗΘῆΝΑΙ; Rev 12:9.[95] Action in heaven includes action on earth, not vice versa.[96] The image, as lightning, is in consonance: and it is not until afterwards that Satan is said to be about to be cast out: Joh 12:31.
[94] When ye were actually preaching and performing the miracles which I enabled you to perform.-ED. and TRANSL.
[95] Where ἐβλήθη ὁ δράκων refers to the forcible ejection of the dragon, which was to be long subsequent.-ED. and TRANSL.
[96] Therefore it does not follow that because demons were cast out on earth, therefore Satan was cast out from heaven.-ED. and TRANSL.