18 He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
18 And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
18 Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky.
18 And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
18 "Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!
31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
31 At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out.
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
31 The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out.
(Read John 12:27-33)
The sin of our souls was the troubled of Christ's soul, when he undertook to redeem and save us, and to make his soul an offering for our sin. Christ was willing to suffer, yet prayed to be saved from suffering. Prayer against trouble may well agree with patience under it, and submission to the will of God in it. Our Lord Jesus undertook to satisfy God's injured honour, and he did it by humbling himself. The voice of the Father from heaven, which had declared him to be his beloved Son, at his baptism, and when he was transfigured, was heard proclaiming that He had both glorified his name, and would glorify it. Christ, reconciling the world to God by the merit of his death, broke the power of death, and cast out Satan as a destroyer. Christ, bringing the world to God by the doctrine of his cross, broke the power of sin, and cast out Satan as a deceiver. The soul that was at a distance from Christ, is brought to love him and trust him. Jesus was now going to heaven, and he would draw men's hearts to him thither. There is power in the death of Christ to draw souls to him. We have heard from the gospel that which exalts free grace, and we have heard also that which enjoins duty; we must from the heart embrace both, and not separate them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 10:18
Commentary on Luke 10:17-24
(Read Luke 10:17-24)
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 Lord rejoiced at the prospect of the salvation of many souls. It was fit that particular notice should be taken of that hour of joy; there were few such, for He was a man of sorrows: in that hour in which he saw Satan fall, and heard of the good success of his ministers, in that hour he rejoiced. He has ever resisted the proud, and given grace to the humble. The more simply dependent we are on the teaching, help, and blessing of the Son of God, the more we shall know both of the Father and of the Son; the more blessed we shall be in seeing the glory, and hearing the words of the Divine Saviour; and the more useful we shall be made in promoting his cause.