Luke 10:18

I beheld. Greek. theoreo. App-133.

Satan. Hebrew transliterated. the Adversary. 1 Samuel 29:4. Diabolos is the more frequent term in the N.T. Both are in Revelation 12:9.

fall. having fallen.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁸ And he said unto them,I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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