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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.

Context of Luke 17:34

32Remember Lot’s wife! 33Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other 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 13:3I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
• Isaiah 42:9See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”
• Matthew 24:25See, I have told you ahead of time.
• Mark 13:23So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
• Mark 14:29Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”
• Matthew 24:40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
• Psalms 26:9Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
• Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
• 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.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:4and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”
• Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.
• Romans 11:4And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
• 2 Peter 2:9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous 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

Topics related to Luke 17:34

• Jerusalem
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• Jesus, the Christ
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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