Return of the Seventy. With Luke 10:17; cf. Luke 9:10 = Mark 6:30. The missioners report that the demons obey them in the name of Jesus. Jesus assents; He had watched Satan fall from heaven during their mission. Messiah's rule is in the ascendant. They are endowed with power to subdue the devil and all his agencies, yet their joy must rest rather upon the fact that they are citizens of the new kingdom.
Luke 10:19. If an authentic saying this is probably metaphorical. Cf. Mark 16:18, and for a literal illustration Acts 28:3-6.
Luke 10:20. written in heaven: cf. book of life, Revelation 21:27. Also Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 12:1; Exodus 32:32.