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Luke 17:26-37

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all. It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left. There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”

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He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them, for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all. It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left. There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

    They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

    Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

    but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.

    It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

    In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

    Remember Lot’s wife!

    Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

    I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.

    There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

    They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    As it happened in the tyme of Noe: So shall it be in the tyme of the sonne of man.

    They ate they dranke they maryed wyves and were maryed even vnto the same daye that Noe went into the arke: and the floud cam and destroyed the all.

    Lykewyse also as it chaunsed in the dayes of Lot. They ate they dranke they bought they solde they planted they bilte.

    And even the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom it rayned fyre and brymstone from heven and destroyed them all.

    After these ensamples shall it be in the daye when the sonne of man shall appere.

    At that daye he that is on the housse toppe and his stuffe in the housse: let him not come doune to take it out. And lykewyse let not him that is in the feldes turne backe agayne to that he lefte behynde.

    Remember Lottes wyfe.

    Whosoever will goo about to save his lyfe shall loose it: And whosoever shall loose his lyfe shall save it.

    I tell you: In that nyght ther shalbe two in one beed the one shalbe receaved and the other shalbe forsaken.

    Two shalbe also a grindynge to gedder: the one shalbe receaved and the other forsaken.

    And they answered and sayde to him: wheare Lorde? And he sayd vnto the: whersoever the body shalbe thyther will the egles resoorte.

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  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And as it was in the dayes of Noe, so shall it be in the dayes of the Sonne of man.

    They ate, they dranke, they married wiues, and gaue in marriage vnto the day that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

    Likewise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they built.

    But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.

    After these ensamples shall it be in the day when the Sonne of man is reueiled.

    At that day hee that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to take it out: and he that is in the fielde likewise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.

    Remember Lots wife.

    Whosoeuer will seeke to saue his soule, shall loose it: and whosoeuer shall loose it, shall get it life.

    I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.

    Two women shalbe grinding together: the one shalbe taken, and the other shalbe left.

    Two shalbe in the fielde: one shalbe receiued, and another shalbe left.

    And they answered, and saide to him, Where, Lord? And he said vnto them, Wheresoeuer the body is, thither shall also the eagles bee gathered together.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 33, 37 The world shall be taken unawares with the sudden…

The world shall be taken unawares with the sudden judgment of God: and therefore the faithful ought to watch continually.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv26–37 26 And as it was in the days of…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 See Poole on "Mat 24:37", and following verse to…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 33, 37 In these verses our Saviour declares, that Jerusalem’s destruction,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–36 They did eat, they drank,.... That is, the inhabitants…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 32, 33, 37 The days of the Son of man - Those…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 Verse 26. As it was in the days of…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 33 Luk 17:26-30. As it was in the days of…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 See the notes at Mat 24:37-39.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv27, 31, 32, 34, 37 After having compared his second coming to lightning, in…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 eat . . . married . . . planted--all…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37 26. The days of the Son of man—The days…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 26. as it was in the days of Noe]…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37 (26) As it was in the days of Noe.—See…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37 Vers. 26-28. As it was in the days of…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv26, 32, 33, 34, 37 As it was in the days of Noe
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv31, 33, 34, 37 31, 32. See notes on Matt. 24:16–18.
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain On vv26, 28, 31, 33, 34, 37 Luk 17:26-27. “And as it was in the days…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv26, 30, 37 Son of man
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv26, 31 The suddenness of Christ’s advent:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv28, 30, 32, 34, 37 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv26, 32, 34, 37 17:26-29 in Noah’s day . . . in the…
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