Luke 10:19

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And he said to them: I saw Satan, like lightning from heaven, falling.

20However, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

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Cross References

Mark 16:18they shall take up serpents; and, if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Luke 21:17and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.

Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Hebrews 13:5Let there be no money-loving disposition; be content with such things as you have. For he has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 10:18-25

The Success of the Seventy. 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 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. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21 In that hour… Read the whole commentary →

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