Luke 17:26-30

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 17:26

And as it was in the days of Noe ,.... Whilst he was building the ark, and before he went into it; for this respects the days of Noah before the flood, and not after it; for he lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, Genesis 9:28 so shall it be also in the days of the son of man ; some time before, and at his coming in power, and great glory, to destroy the Jews, their nation, city, and temple; and as then, so it will be when he shall come in person, at the last day, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 17:27

They did eat, they drank ,.... That is, the inhabitants of the old world ate and drank, not merely in a common way, with moderation, and for the support and comfort of life, which is not blameworthy, nor inconsistent with religious exercises; but they lived in an extravagant and luxurious manner; they indulged their sensual appetites, and put away the evil day far from them, that Noah told them of: they married wives, they were given in marriage ; not as should have been done by... read more

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:26

As it was in the days of Noe - See on Matthew 24:38 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:27

They did eat, they drank, etc. - 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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:29

It rained fire and brimstone - Instead of it rained, Genesis 19:24 ; justifies the insertion of the pronoun he, as implied in the verb εβρεξε ; for it is there said that Jehovah rained fire and brimstone from Jehovah out of heaven. read more

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