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Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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ASV

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

KJV

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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ἐνeninG1722 →
τούτῳtoutōthisG3778 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
χαίρετεchairetedo rejoiceG5463 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
πνεύματαpneumataspiritsG4151 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
ὑποτάσσεται·hupotassetaiare subjected;G5293 →
χαίρετεchairetedo rejoiceG5463 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ὀνόματαonomatanamesG3686 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
ἐγγέγραπταιengegraptaihave been writtenG1449 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τοῖςtoistheG3588 →
οὐρανοῖς.¶ouranoisheavens.G3772 →

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1 Thessalonians 5:16Rejoice at all times.Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.Matthew 7:22–23Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.Hebrews 12:23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,Revelation 3:5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.Exodus 32:32Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.Philippians 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trialsRevelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.Isaiah 4:3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—Psalms 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.Matthew 10:1And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

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Bruegel's Fall of the Rebel Angels — the older Christian reading of the demonic's origin.

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Demonology

What Scripture actually says about the unseen adversary — named, bounded, and already defeated.

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La Chute des anges rebelles (The Fall of the Rebel Angels) — Gustave Doré

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I Saw Satan Fall

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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary — Johannes Vermeer

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Mary and Martha: Luke 10:38–42

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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The Origin of Evil

Two taunt-songs, two named kings, and the fall the church has heard behind them — Isaiah 14 facing Ezekiel 28.

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Guido Reni, The Archangel Michael defeating Satan: the war of Revelation 12 in a single frame.

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Satan

The adversary of Scripture — serpent in a garden, dragon in a lake of fire, and a real fallen being whose defeat was sealed at the cross.

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Guido Reni, St. Michael Trampling the Devil (c. 1635): the enemy of Revelation 12 named and defeated.

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The Names of Satan

Scripture rarely gives the adversary a plain name — it gives him titles, and each one is a claim about what he does.

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Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
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