Satan Lamed by His Fall from Heaven
Luke 10:17-20
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us through your name.…


There is a strangely widespread belief that Satan is lame, and that this was caused by his fall. In classical mythology we find limping Vulcan; and Hephaistes was lamed by his fall when hurled by Zeus from Olympus. Our idea of the devil always includes the clubbed or cloven foot.

(Biblical Things not Generally Known.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

WEB: The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"




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