Satan falling like lightning

ReferenceLuke 10:18

Writtenc. 80–90 CE

Setc. 30 CE

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Translation: KJV

Read it literally

An eyewitness to a fall from orbit.

What scholars say

Read as a vision of evil's defeat.

Quick answers about Luke 10:18

Luke 10:18 (New Testament). Translation quoted: King James Version (1611; standard 1769 text), with Apocrypha.

c. 80–90 CE.

Read as a vision of evil's defeat.

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

Updated October 2026