Luke 17:30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

We have here a discourse of Christ's concerning the kingdom of God, that is, the kingdom of the Messiah, which was now shortly to be set up, and of which there was great expectation. I. Here is the demand of the Pharisees concerning it, which occasioned this discourse. They asked when the kingdom of God should come, forming a notion of it as a temporal kingdom, which should advance the Jewish nation above the nations of the earth. They were impatient to hear some tidings of its approach; they... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 17:20-37

17:20-37 When Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with signs that you can watch for; nor will they say, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' For--look you--the kingdom of God is within you." He said to his disciples, "Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you will not see it. And they will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not depart, and do not follow them.... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:1-37

The Master ' s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept from such sins. The Lord ' s reply. His little parable on humility. The healing of the ten lepers. The ingratitude of all save one. The question of the Pharisees as to the coming of the kingdom. The Lord ' s answer, and his teaching respecting the awful suddenness of the advent of the Son of man. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

The kingdom and the day of the Son of man. This passage is not to be isolated as if it were a definition complete in itself of Christ's view of the kingdom of God. Some, doing this, have found in it a justification of the teaching that God's kingdom has no external character, that the coming of the Lord is only a revelation of truth in and to the heart of man. This is to do violence to the language of Jesus. In what he says afterwards to his own, in the solemn discourse reported two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

The advent of the kingdom and the King. Jesus was on journey to Jerusalem when the ingratitude of the nine lepers, just noticed, took place, and this gave rise to speculation as to the near approach of his kingdom. His enemies, the Pharisees, put the sarcastic question when the kingdom of God should come, as much as to say, "We have heard of it long; we should like to see it." £ This leads our Lord to unfold the nature of his kingdom's advent and of his own. I. HIS KINGDOM COMES... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:26-30

The unlearnt lesson. Man differs from the brute creation in that he learns and profits by experience—he advances. He passes through stage after stage toward the perfection of his life upon the earth. He is the hunter at one period, then the shepherd, then the agriculturist. From the lowest barbarism he reaches, in time, the most refined civilization. But he is very slow indeed to learn, if he does learn at all, moral and spiritual truths. The excellency of thrift, of temperance, of purity,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:30

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" ( Zechariah 12:10 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 17:28-30

They did eat ... - They were busy in the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen.The same day ... - See Genesis 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.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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 17:26-30

Luke 17:26-30 . As it was in the days of Noe, &c. In the next place, he foretold the stupidity of the generation he should come to destroy, comparing it to that of the old world, about the time of the flood; who, being wholly unaffected with the admonitions which Noah gave them, while building the ark, and with the threatenings which he then denounced, went on as usual, following their ordinary occupations, and pursuing their pleasures, both lawful and unlawful, in great security. The... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 17:20-37

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:20-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:26-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 17:28-30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 17:26-30

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