Returned with joy (υπεστρεψαν μετα χαρας). They had profited by the directions of Jesus. Joy overflows their faces and their words…

The devils are subject unto us. The devils obey us. We have been able to cast them out.

Through thy name. When commanded in…

And the seventy returned again with joy.—It is obvious from the immediate sequence of the two facts that the mission of the Seventy was, a…

Saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Christ had not mentioned that in the commission. He sent them t…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: It was said above that our Lord sent out His disciples sealed with the grace of the Holy Spirit. As m…

The me engers returned to Jesus filled with joy. The power of the kingdom was effective against demons just as it was in the ministry of Christ (11…

And the seventy returned. It is evident, that the faith of the seventy disciples in the words of Christ had not been full and com…

And the seventy returned again
The Syriac version adds, "whom he had sent": these disciples having received orders a…

All our victories over Satan are obtained by power derived from Jesus Christ, and He must have all the praise. But let us beware of spiritual pride…