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Luke 10:18

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 18 At that he said to them: “I see Satan already fallen+ like lightning from heaven.

Luke 10:18

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 18 At that he said to them: “I began to behold Satan already fallen+ like lightning from heaven.

Luke 10:18

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 18 εἶπεν He said δὲ but αὐτοῖς to them ᾿Εθεώρουν I was beholding τὸν the Σατανᾶν Satan ὡς as ἀστραπὴν lightning ἐκ out of τοῦ the οὐρανοῦ heaven πεσόντα. having fallen.

Luke Study Notes—Chapter 10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 10:18
  
  I see Satan already fallen like lightning from heaven: Jesus is evidently speaking prophetically, seeing the ouster of Satan from heaven as if it had already occurred. Re 12:7-9 describes the battle in heaven and associates Satan’s fall with the birth of the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus was here highlighting the certain defeat of Satan and his demons in that future battle, for God had just empowered those 70 disciples, mere imperfect humans, to expel demons.—Lu 10:17.