Luke 17:22

Luke 17:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Context of Luke 17:22

20And having been asked by the Pharisees, When is the kingdom of God coming? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you. And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see [it]. 23And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow [them]. 24For as the lightning shines which lightens from [one end] under heaven to [the other end] under heaven, thus shall the Son of man be in his day.

Luke 17:22 word by word

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς· ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ὅτε ἐπιθυμήσετε μίαν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἰδεῖν καὶ οὐκ ὄψεσθε.Read the interlinear

• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• Daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• desireἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Luke 17:22

• Luke 5:35But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.
• Luke 13:35Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed [is] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord.
• Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.
• John 7:33Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that has sent me.
• John 8:21He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.
• John 12:35Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
• John 13:33Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.
• John 16:5But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou?
• John 16:16A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, [because I go away to the Father].
• John 17:11And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we.

Commentaries on Luke 17:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22When 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22(The days will come He here takes occasion to direct the minds of his disciples to the days of vengeance which were about to fall on the Jewish nation. Heavy calamities will befall the Jewish people, and you will desire a deliverer. Ye shall desire - You who now number yourselves among my disciples. One of the days of the Son of man - The Son of man here means “the Messiah,” without affirming that “he” was the Messiah. Such will be the calamities of those…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-37Verses 20-37 The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man: This may refer to his time on earth with his disciples or to the time of his second coming.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3720-25. when, &c.--To meet the erroneous views not only of the Pharisees, but of the disciples themselves, our Lord addresses both, announcing the coming of the kingdom under different aspects. It cometh not with observation--with watching or lying in wait, as for something outwardly imposing and at once revealing itself.Read the comment

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• Son of man
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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings