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Luke 17:34
34I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
Luke 17:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
- New International Version (NIV)I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
Context of Luke 17:34
32Remember the wife of Lot. 33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it. I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go. 35Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go. 36[Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized and the other let go.]
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Λέγω ὑμῖν· ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἔσονται δύο ἐπὶ κλίνης μιᾶς· ὁ εἷς παραλημφθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἀφεθήσεται.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 17:34
- Luke 13:3No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.
- Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth will I cause you to hear them.
- Matthew 24:25Behold, I have told you beforehand.
- Mark 13:23But do ye take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
- Mark 14:29But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet not I.
- Matthew 24:40Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;
- Psalms 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
- Psalms 28:3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.
- Jeremiah 45:5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.
- Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
- Malachi 3:16Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed [it], and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
- Romans 11:4But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
- 2 Peter 2:9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
Commentaries on Luke 17:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34On the subject of these verses see Matthew 24:40, Matthew 24:41; (note). The 36th verse is, without doubt, an interpolation. It was probably borrowed from Matthew 24:40. The whole verse is wanting in - ABEGHKLQS, more than fifty others, the Coptic, Ethiopic, Gothic, Slavonic, and many of the fathers: Griesbach has left it out of the text. Well might our translators say in the margin, This 36th verse is wanting in most of the Greek copies. Griesbach thinks…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-36Verses 34-36 See the notes at Matthew 24:40-41.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. 34-35one will be taken and the other left: The comparisons to God's judgment in the great flood and against Sodom (17:26–29), and the reference to vultures and a dead body (17:37), suggest that this separation happens at the final judgment. This is when the wicked are taken away in judgment and the righteous are left (see Malachi 3:18; Matthew 25:32).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. two in one bed--the prepared and unprepared mingled in closest intercourse together in the ordinary walks and fellowships of life, when the moment of severance arrives. Awful truth! realized before the destruction of Jerusalem, when the Christians found themselves forced by their Lord's directions (Lu 21:21) at once and for ever away from their old associates; but most of all when the second coming of Christ shall burst upon a heedless world.Read the comment
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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
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