English Standard Version
Luke 17:26
26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
Luke 17:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- New International Version (NIV)“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
- New Living Translation (NLT)“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
Context of Luke 17:26
24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
Read all of Luke 17Luke 17:26 word by word
Καὶ καθὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
- it wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of NoeΝῶεNōe · NoahG3575
- soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- shall it beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- of the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
Cross-references for Luke 17:26
- Genesis 7:7And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Job 22:15Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod?
- Matthew 24:37For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- 1 Peter 3:19in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,
- 2 Peter 2:5if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- 2 Peter 3:6and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
- Luke 17:22And 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.
- Luke 18:8I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Commentaries on Luke 17:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26As it was in the days of Noe - See on Matthew 24:38; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26See the notes at Matthew 24:37-39.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. 26-29in the days of Noah … in the days of Lot: See Genesis 6–9 for Noah and Genesis 18:16–19:29 for Lot. Both stories describe God's severe judgment against human evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-3026-30. eat ... married ... planted--all the ordinary occupations and enjoyments of life. Though the antediluvian world and the cities of the plain were awfully wicked, it is not their wickedness, but their worldliness, their unbelief and indifference to the future, their unpreparedness, that is here held up as a warning. Note.--These recorded events of Old Testament history--denied or explained away nowadays by not a few--are referred to here as facts.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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