SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:17
¶ Y volvieron los setenta con gozo, diciendo: Seor, aun los demonios se nos sujetan en tu nombre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 10:17
Verse 17. The seventy returned again with joy] Bishop PEARCE thinks they returned while our Lord was on his slow journey to Jerusalem, and that they had been absent only a few days.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And the seventy returned again , etc.] The Syriac version adds, whom he had sent: these disciples having received orders and instructions from Christ, went as he directed them; and when they had finished their embassy, they returned again to him, and gave him an account of their journey and success. The Vulgate Latin and Persic versions read here, the seventy two, as they do in ( Luke 10:1) with joy ; with great joy, as read the Syriac and Persic versions; notwithstanding the difficulties that had attended them, reproaches cast upon them, the ill treatment they might have met with in some places, and the labours and fatigues of their journey, and the dangers they had been exposed to: saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name : they found the miraculous power conferred on them was greater than they at first imagined, or could collect from what Christ said to them, who only bid them heal the sick, ( Luke 10:9), but when they came to make use of it they found they had a power of casting out devils; not in their own name and strength, but in the name, and through the power, and by the authority of Christ; and this had thrown them into an ecstasy of joy, and in a sort of a rapture: they express themselves as men astonished at the powers bestowed on them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-24 - All our victories over Satan, are obtained by power derived from Jesu 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 particula 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, an 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 mor simply dependent we are on the teaching, help, and blessing of the So 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 promotin his cause.
Greek Textus Receptus
υπεστρεψαν 5290 5656 V-AAI-3P δε 1161 CONJ οι 3588 T-NPM εβδομηκοντα 1440 A-NUI μετα 3326 PREP χαρας 5479 N-GSF λεγοντες 3004 5723 V-PAP-NPM κυριε 2962 N-VSM και 2532 CONJ τα 3588 T-NPN δαιμονια 1140 N-NPN υποτασσεται 5293 5743 V-PPI-3S ημιν 2254 P-1DP εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSN ονοματι 3686 N-DSN σου 4675 P-2GS
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. The seventy. "The fuller development of the new dispensation begins with the mission of the seventy, and not with the mission of the apostles. Its ground-work, from Luke's point of sight, is the symbolic evangelization of every nation upon earth, and not the restoration of the twelve tribes of Israel. According to Jewish tradition, there were seventy or seventy-two different nations and tongues in the world. In ch. x. 1, some read seventy-two instead of seventy" (Westcott, "Int. to the Study of the Gospels").
Robertson's NT Word Studies
10:17 {Returned with joy} (hupestreyan meta caras). They had profited by the directions of Jesus. Joy overflows their faces and their words. {Even the demons} (kai ta daimonia). this was a real test. The Twelve had been expressly endowed with this power when they were sent out (#Lu 9:1), but the Seventy were only told to heal the sick (#10:9). It was better than they expected. The Gospel worked wonders and they were happy. The demons were merely one sign of the conflict between Christ and Satan. Every preacher has to grapple with demons in his work. {Are subject} (hupotassetai). Present passive indicative (repetition).
