Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 10].
difficulty of identifying even the site of these flourishing
towns, is part of the fulfilment of this prophecy" (Plummer).
Ragg notes the omission of Nazareth from this list of cities of
neglected privilege and opportunity. "Is it the tender memories
of boyhood that keep from His lips the name of the arch-rejector
(4:28 sqq.) Nazareth?"
10:16 {Rejecteth him that sent me} (\athetei ton aposteilanta
me\). These solemn words form a fit close for this discourse to
the Seventy. The fate of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum will
befall those who set aside (\a\ privative and \thete•\, from
\tith•mi\) the mission and message of these messengers of Christ.
See this verb used in 7:30 of the attitude of the scribes and
Pharisees toward John and Jesus. It is this thought that makes it
so grave a responsibility to be co-workers with Christ, high
privilege as it is (Joh 9:4).
10:17 {Returned with joy} (\hupestrepsan meta charas\). 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).
10:18 {I beheld Satan fallen} (\ethe•roun ton Satan•n pesonta\).
Imperfect active (I was beholding) and second aorist (constative)
active participle of \pipt•\ (not {fallen}, \pept•kota\, perfect
active participle, nor {falling}, \piptonta\, present active
participle, but {fall}, \pesonta\). As a flash of lightning out
of heaven, quick and startling, so the victory of the Seventy
over the demons, the agents of Satan, forecast his downfall and
Jesus in vision pictured it as a flash of lightning.
10:19 {And over all the power of the enemy} (\kai epi p•san t•n
dunamin tou echthrou\). This is the heart of "the authority"
(\t•n exousian\) here given by Jesus which is far beyond their
expectations. The victory over demons was one phase of it. The
power to tread upon serpents is repeated in Mr 16:18 (the
Appendix) and exemplified in Paul's case in Malta (Ac 28:3-5).
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