Luke 17:31

Luke 17:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
• New Living Translation (NLT)On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home.

Context of Luke 17:31

29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32Remember Lot’s wife! 33Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

Luke 17:31 word by word

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὃς ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι αὐτά· καὶ ὁ ἐν ἀγρῷ ὁμοίως μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• he whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the housetopδῶμαdōma · housetopG1430
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• stuffσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
• the houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• let himκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• notμήmē · notG3361
• to takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• the fieldἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
• let himἐπιστρέφωepistrephō · to turnG1994
• likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• backὀπίσωopisō · afterG3694

Cross-references for Luke 17:31

• Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
• Jeremiah 45:5Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”
• Matthew 6:25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
• Matthew 16:26What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
• Matthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.
• Mark 13:14“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
• Philippians 3:7But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

Commentaries on Luke 17:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31He which shall be upon the housetop - See this explained on Matthew 24:17; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31See the notes at Matthew 24:17-18.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. 20-37This is the first of two teachings in the Gospel of Luke about the coming of the kingdom of God and the return of the Son of Man (a title Jesus uses for himself). The second teaching appears later in chapter 21.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3331-33. to take it away ... Remember, &c.--a warning against that lingering reluctance to part with present treasures which induces some to remain in a burning house, in hopes of saving this and that precious article till consumed and buried in its ruins. The cases here supposed, though different, are similar.Read the comment

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• That Day
• Eschatology of the New Testament
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• Luke, the Gospel of
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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