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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- Luke 12:19-20 (v27) I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ “But God said to him,…
- 1 Corinthians 1:7 (v30) so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 (v30) and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
- Revelation 1:7 (v30) Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn…
- Ezekiel 16:49-50 (v28) “ ‘ “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She…
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- Zephaniah 2:9 (v29) Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a…
- Matthew 16:27 (v30) For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
- Matthew 24:3 (v30) As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of…
- Luke 21:27 (v30) Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- Luke 21:34-36 (v30) “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 (v27) But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. For you yourselves know well that the…
- 1 Peter 1:7 (v30) that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in…
- 1 Peter 1:13 (v30) Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of…
- 2 Peter 2:6 (v29) and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live…
- Jude 1:7 (v29) Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone…
- Revelation 11:8 (v29) Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- Genesis 18:20-21 (v28) Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether…
- Deuteronomy 29:23-25 (v29) that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow…
- Isaiah 13:19 (v29) Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 22:12-14 (v27) In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth; and behold, joy and…
- Jeremiah 50:40 (v29) As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man…
- Matthew 11:23-24 (v29) You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in…
- Matthew 24:27-31 (v30) For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass…
- Matthew 24:37 (v30) “As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- Matthew 24:39 (v30) and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- Matthew 26:64 (v30) Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power,…
- Mark 13:26 (v30) Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
- Luke 16:19-23 (v27) “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. A certain beggar, named…
- James 5:1-5 (v28) Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.…
- 1 Peter 4:13 (v30) But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
- Genesis 13:13 (v28) Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 6:10-12 (v27) It shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you,…
- Deuteronomy 8:12-14 (v27) lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and…
- 1 Samuel 25:36-38 (v27) Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was…
- Job 21:9-13 (v27) Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.…
- Isaiah 1:9 (v29) Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 21:4 (v27) My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
- Hosea 11:8 (v29) “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart…
- Amos 4:11 (v29) “I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet…
- Luke 17:24 (v30) 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…
- Luke 21:22 (v30) For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- Genesis 19:1-28 (v28) The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his…
- Genesis 19:16-25 (v29) But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv27–30 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives,…
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Ver. 27. They did eat, they drank] An elegant assyndeton. For the reason whereof, {See Trapp on "Mat 24:38"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv27–30 Likewise also as it was in the days of…
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot,.... When he lived in Sodom, and before, and at the time of the destruction of that city with other neighbouring ones:
they did eat, they drank; See Gill on Luk 17:27, and Eze 16:49. This is to be understood of the inhabitants of Sodom, and the other cities that perished with it:
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they bought, they sold: they traded among themselves, and with their neighbours; and, as it appears from the text referred to, they had no regard to the poor and needy; they made no conscience of defrauding and oppressing them:
they planted; vineyards, and fruit trees; living in a very fruitful soil, like the garden of God, Gen 13:10
they builded; houses for themselves and posterity; and thus, as a Jewish writer (h) observes of them, in agreement with our Lord's design in all this, being filled with the increase of the earth, they lived in security, peace, and tranquillity.
(h) Pirke Eliezer, c. 25.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv27, 29 Verse 27. They did eat, they drank, c.] They…
Verse 27. They did eat, they drank, c.] They spent their whole lives in reference to this world and made no sort of provision for their immortal souls. So it was when the Romans came to destroy Judea; there was a universal carelessness, and no one seemed to regard the warnings given by the Son of God.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v28 They did eat ... - They were busy in…
They did eat ... - They were busy in the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen.
The same day ... - See Gen 19:23-25. “It rained.” The word here used “might” have been rendered “he” rained. In Genesis it is said that the “Lord” did it.
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Fire and brimstone - God destroyed Sodom on account of its great wickedness. He took vengeance on it for its sins; and the example of Sodom is set before people to deter them from committing great transgressions, and as a “full proof” that God will punish the guilty. See Jud 1:7; also Isa 1:10; Jer 23:14. Yet, in overthrowing it, he used natural means. He is not to be supposed to have “created” fire and brimstone for the occasion, but to have “directed” the natural means at his disposal for their overthrow; as he did not “create” the waters to drown the world, but merely broke up the fountains of the great deep and opened the windows of heaven. Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim Deu 29:23, were four great cities, on a plain where is now the Dead Sea, at the southeast of Palestine, and into which the river Jordan flows. They were built on ground which abounded, doubtless, as all that region now does, in “bitumen or naphtha,” which is easily kindled, and which burns with great intensity. The phrase “fire and brimstone” is a Hebrew form of expression, denoting sulphurous fire, or fire having the smell of sulphur; and may denote a volcanic eruption, or any burning like that of naphtha. There is no improbability in supposing either that this destruction was accomplished by lightning, which ignited the naphtha, or that it was a volcanic eruption, which, by direction of God, overthrew the wicked cities.
From heaven - By command of God, or from the sky. To the people of Sodom it had “the appearance” of coming from heaven, as all volcanic eruptions would have. Hundreds of towns have been overthrown in this way, and all by the agency of God. He rules the elements, and makes them his instruments, at his pleasure, in accomplishing the destruction of the wicked.
Luk 17:30
Even thus ... - Destruction came upon the old world, and upon Sodom, “suddenly;” when they were engaged in other things, and little expecting this. “So” suddenly and unexpectedly, says he, shall destruction come upon the Jewish people. See the notes at Matt. 24.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v27 After having compared his second coming to lightning, in…
After having compared his second coming to lightning, in order to shew how sudden it will be, he next compares it to the days of Noe [Noah] and Lot, to shew that it will come when men least expect it; when, entirely forgetting his coming, they are solely occupied in the affairs of this world, in buying and selling, &c. He only mentions those faults which appear trivial, or rather none at all, (passing over the crimes of murder, theft, &c.) purposely to shew, that if God thus punishes merely the immoderate use of what is lawful, how will his vengeance fall upon what is in itself unlawful. (Ven. Bede)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv28–29 28. Days of Lot—Were this entire part 26-37 a…
28. Days of Lot—Were this entire part 26-37 a fragmentary report by a fourth hand of some passage in the great discourse on Olivet, this passage would be additional to what has been furnished by any other hand.
Eat… drank… bought… sold… planted… builded—All these describe not any special course of sinfulness, but a regular train of careless daily life, expecting no sudden advent of destruction.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv27, 28, 30 27. They did eat, they drank] Rather, They were…
27. They did eat, they drank] Rather, They were eating, they were drinking—retaining the imperfects of the original.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–29 (27) They did eat, they drank.—Better, as in St.…
(27) They did eat, they drank.—Better, as in St. Matthew, they were eating and drinking, marrying, . . .; the tense throughout being that which implies continuous and repeated action.
The flood.—The Greek word is always used in the New Testament for the deluge of Noah, that meaning having been stamped on it by the use of it in the LXX. version in Gen_6:17; Gen_7:6-7; Gen_7:10; Gen_7:17.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v30 Even thus shall it be in the day when…
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. "Is revealed," that is to say, he has been present all along, through those long ages of waiting; only an impenetrable veil has hid him from mortal eyes. In that day will the veil be lifted, "and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced". (Zec_12:10)
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain On v28 Luk 17:28-30. “Likewise it was thus in the days…
THE DAYS OF LOT
Luk 17:28-30. “Likewise it was thus in the days of Lot. They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; and on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from heaven, and destroyed them all. According to these things shall it be in the day the Son of man is revealed.” Among the cities which dotted the Salt Sea round and round in the beautiful Vale of Siddim, indescribably fertile, and “well watered as the garden of the Lord,” encompassed by the mountains of Simeon, Judah, and Benjamin on the west, and those of Moab on the east, the largest and most prominent were Sodom and Gomorrah. We not only have Lot’s testimony as to the fertility, irrigation, and prosperity of this country, but (Genesis 14) we find four great kings coming from Babylon, Nineveh, Persia, and Mesopotamia to invade this country, conquer it, and carry away the spoils. Hence it must have been very important. At present that whole region is desolate and barren, without an inhabitant, unless the wandering Arab should there pitch his tent. It is now a desert for the want of water, whereas the Bible assures us that in the days of its prosperity it was “well watered.” The soil is now very rich, and would be exceedingly productive if the rains fell on it. It is by all authorities admitted that the very site of Sodom and Gomorrah is now under the waters of the Dead Sea, so called because no fish can live in its waters, which doubtless abounded with valuable fish before the retribution of the Almighty fell on it, destroying the cities with fire and brimstone, withering and blighting all the surrounding country, so that death reigns without a rival, and the sea is significantly denominated “Dead.” The ruins of cities are found all around on the coast of that sea, while all authorities locate Sodom and Gomorrah within the territory now occupied by the sea. Just as Lot and his family were delivered from the awful doom of Sodom and Gomorrah, so will the saints be delivered when the Lord cometh. Jesus here says, with reference to both Noah and Lot, that they illustrate the state of things — calamities on the wicked and deliverance to the righteous — when the Son of man is revealed.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v30 Son of man
Son of man
(See Scofield "Mat 8:20").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv28, 30 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of…
Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot
The "days of Lot" refers to the time just before God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. AT: "Another example is how it happened in the days of Lot" or "As people were doing when Lot lived" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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they were eating and drinking
"the people of Sodom were eating and drinking"
it rained fire and sulfur from heaven
"fire and burning sulfur fell from the sky like rain"
destroyed them all
This does not include Lot and his family. AT: "destroyed all those who stayed in the city"
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