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. 33Whoever strives to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. 35There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. 36[Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other 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

• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• you, on that nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• there will be twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• in oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• will be takenπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• and the otherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• will be leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863

Cross-references for Luke 17:34

• Luke 13:3No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
• Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they sprout I proclaim them to you.”
• Matthew 24:25Behold, I have told you in advance.
• Mark 13:23But beware; I have told you everything in advance.
• Mark 14:29But Peter said to Him, “Even if they all fall away, yet I will not!”
• Matthew 24:40At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.
• Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed,
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who practice injustice, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.
• Jeremiah 45:5But as for you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you as plunder in all the places where you may go.’”
• Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
• Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened attentively and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and esteem His name.
• Romans 11:4But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
• 2 Peter 2:9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from a trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for 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

Topics related to Luke 17:34

• Jerusalem
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Predestination

In the dictionaries

• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Parousia
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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