A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 10:18

"And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven." — Luke 10:18 (ASV)

I beheld Satan fallen (εθεωρουν τον Σαταναν πεσοντα). Imperfect active (I was beholding) and second aorist (constative) active participle of πιπτω (not

fallen , πεπτωκοτα, perfect active participle, nor

falling , πιπτοντα, present active participle, but

fall , πεσοντα). As a flash of lightning out of heaven, quick and startling, so the victory of the Seventy over the demons, the agents of Satan, forecast his downfall and Jesus in vision pictured it as a flash of lightning.