Luke 17:26-37

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

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

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