Luk 10:20 | NET2full | 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 ^{▼▼tn 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 ^{▼▼tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.} that your names stand written ^{▼▼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.} in heaven.”