{Returned with joy} (hupestrepsan meta charas). They had
profited by the directions of Jesus. Joy overflows their faces
and their words. {Even the demons} (kai ta daimonia). This was
a real test. The Twelve had been expressly endowed with this
power when they were sent out ( Lu 9:1 ), but the Seventy were
only told to heal the sick ( 10:9 ). It was better than they
expected. The Gospel worked wonders and they were happy. The
demons were merely one sign of the conflict between Christ and
Satan. Every preacher has to grapple with demons in his work.
{Are subject} (hupotassetai). Present passive indicative
(repetition).