Luke 17:30-35 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

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:35

Two women shall be grinding together ,.... In Matthew 24:41 it is added, "in the mill"; in the house where the mill was, and at one and the same mill; and so the Ethiopic version here, "two shall grind in one mill": and it was common for two women to grind at one hand mill; and though the word "women" is not in the text, it is rightly put into the translation; since the word used is of the feminine gender, and since grinding was the business of women; and so the Persic version here... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:31

He which shall be upon the housetop - See this explained on Matthew 24:17 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:32

Remember Lot's wife - Relinquish every thing, rather than lose your souls. She looked back, Genesis 19:26 ; probably she turned back also to carry some of her goods away - for so much the preceding verse seems to intimate, and became a monument of the Divine displeasure, and of her own folly and sin. It is a proof that we have loved with a criminal affection that which we leave with grief and anxiety, though commanded by the Lord to abandon it. 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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:32

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