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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:28

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 Luke 17:27 , and Ezekiel 16:49 . This is to be understood of the inhabitants of Sodom, and the other cities that perished with it: 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:29

But the same day Lot went out of Sodom ,.... Being plucked and brought from thence by the angels early in the morning; and a fine morning it was; the sun was risen, and shone out upon the earth, as Lot got into Zoar, Genesis 19:15 . "The Jews" F9 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 50. fol. 45. 3. say it was the sixteenth day of Nisan: it rained fire and brimstone from heaven ; the Syriac version reads, "the Lord rained"; so it is said in Genesis 19:24 "the Lord rained from the Lord";... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:30

Even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man is revealed. In his power, when he comes to avenge himself on the Jews; and when he is revealed from heaven in flaming fire, at the last day. As in the days of Noah and Lot, men lived in great carnality and security, thoughtless and fearless of danger, so were the Jews before the destruction of their city and temple, buoying themselves up with deliverance to the last; and such will be the times of indolence and supineness, before the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:31

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop ,.... Either for diversion or devotion, when he shall hear that the Roman armies are approaching to Jerusalem, to besiege it: and his stuff in the house ; or "his vessels", his goods and furniture; or his utensils, and instruments of trade and business: let him not come down ; the inner way of the house, from the top: to take it away ; with him in his flight, but let him descend by the steps, or ladder, on the outside of the house,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:32

Remember Lot's wife. Whose name by the Jews, is said to be Adith, as some F19 Pirke Eliezer, c. 25. ; or Irith, as others F20 Baal Hatturim in Gen. xix. 26. : and who, they also say, was a native of Sodom; and that the reason of her looking, was either to see what would be the end of her father's house and family F21 Targum Jon. & Hieros. in ib. ; or as others F23 Pirke Eliezer ib. , because her heart yearned after her daughters, and she looked back to see if they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:33

Whosoever shall seek to save his life ,.... By fleeing to some strong hold, or by continuing in the metropolis, and strongest city in the nation, Jerusalem: shall lose it : there he will be in the greatest danger: and whosoever shall lose his life ; or expose it to danger, by fleeing to the mountains, or going to Pella, a small town beyond Jordan, of no strength, and where there might be thought no security; shall preserve it ; he shall be safe; See Gill on Matthew 16:25 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:34

I tell you, in that night ,.... Of affliction and calamity, that shall be upon the Jewish nation, and which is before called that day, Luke 17:31 and therefore is not to be understood literally of the night: there shall be two men in one bed ; this is said agreeably to the time, the night before mentioned, that being the time to be in bed, at rest and asleep; for they that sleep, sleep in the night; and still suggests the security the people of the Jews would be in, at the time of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:20

Cometh not with observation - With scrupulous observation. That this is the proper meaning of the original, μετα παρατηρησεως , Kypke and others have amply proved from the best Greek writers. As if he had said: "The kingdom of God, the glorious religion of the Messiah, does not come in such a way as to be discerned only by sagacious critics, or is only to be seen by those who are scrupulously watching for it; it is not of such a nature as to be confined to one place, so that men might say... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:21

Lo here! or, lo there! - Perhaps those Pharisees thought that the Messiah was kept secret, in some private place, known only to some of their rulers; and that by and by he should be proclaimed in a similar way to that in which Joash was by Jehoiada the priest. See the account, 2 Chronicles 23:1-11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:22

When ye shall desire to see one of the days - As it was our Lord's constant custom to support and comfort the minds of his disciples, we cannot suppose that he intimates here that they shall be left destitute of those blessings necessary for their support in a day of trial. When he says, Ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, he either means, ye of this nation, ye Jews, and addresses his disciples as if they should bear witness to the truth of the declaration; intimating... read more

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