Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ¹  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ²  that your names stand written ³  in heaven.”

Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28; Isa 4:3; Da 12:1; Mt 7:22,23; Mt 10:1; Mt 26:24; Mt 27:5; 1Co 13:2,3; Php 4:3; Heb 12:23; Re 3:5; Re 13:8; Re 20:12,15; Re 21:27

¹ tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

² tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

³ tn 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.