Luke 17:34

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 Lot’s wife! 33Those who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them. “I can guarantee that on that night if two people are in one bed, one will be taken and the other one will be left. 35Two women will be grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.”

Luke 17:34 word by word

Λέγω ὑμῖν· ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἔσονται δύο ἐπὶ κλίνης μιᾶς· ὁ εἷς παραλημφθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἀφεθήσεται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• in thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• there shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• bedκλίνηklinē · bedG2825
• shall be takenπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• shall be leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863

Cross-references for Luke 17:34

• Luke 13:3No! I can guarantee that they weren’t. But if you don’t turn to God and change the way you think and act, then you, too, will all die.
• Isaiah 42:9What I said in the past has come true. I will reveal new things before they happen.
• Matthew 24:25Listen! I’ve told you this before it happens.
• Mark 13:23Be on your guard! I have told you everything before it happens.
• Mark 14:29Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else abandons you, I won’t.”
• Matthew 24:40“At that time two men will be working in the field. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.
• Psalms 26:9Do not sweep away my soul along with hardened sinners or my life along with bloodthirsty people.
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with wicked people, with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts.
• Jeremiah 45:5Are you looking for great things for yourself? Don’t look for them, because I’m going to bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord. But wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to that person, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and groan about all the disgusting things that are being done in the city.”
• Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord paid attention and listened. A book was written in his presence to be a reminder to those who feared the Lord and respected his name.
• Romans 11:4But what was God’s reply? God said, “I’ve kept 7,000 people for myself who have not knelt to worship Baal.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet ⌞call⌟ of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.
• 2 Peter 2:9Since the Lord did all this, he knows how to rescue godly people when they are tested. He also knows how to hold immoral people for punishment on the day of judgment.

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