Luk 10:20 | NETfull | STEP | Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

Luke 10:20

20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ^{▼▼ Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”} the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ^{▼▼ The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.} that your names stand written ^{▼▼ The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.} in heaven.”