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LUKE 10:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you — I have given you authority: the authority is given, not inherent. Trample on snakes and scorpions (the imagery of Psalm 91:13 applied to the mission context) communicates comprehensive protection. Nothing will harm you: the protection is not from all difficulty but from the mission-threatening harm that would prevent the kingdom's advance.

Church Fathers on Luke 10:19

It was said above that our Lord sent forth His disciples sealed with the grace of the Holy Spirit, and that being made ministers of preaching, they received power over the unclean spirits. But now when they returned, they confess the power of Him who honored them, as it is said, And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us, &c. They seemed indeed to rejoice rather that they were made workers of miracles, than that they had become…

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Now our Lord, in a remarkable manner, in order to put down high thoughts in the hearts of His disciples, Himself related the account of the fall which the teacher of pride suffered; that they might learn by the example of the author of pride, what they would have to dread from the sin of pride. Hence it follows, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Gregory the Great · 6th century

He is called Satan, because he is an enemy to God, (for this the Hebrew word signifies,) but he is called the Devil, because he assists us in doing evil, and is an accuser. His nature is incorporeal, his abode in the air.

Basil the Great · 4th century
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