Luke 17:26

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be 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 that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. 25But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

Luke 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 7:7So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
• Job 22:15Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod,
• Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• 1 Peter 3:19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
• 2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
• 2 Peter 3:6by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
• Luke 17:22Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come 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 that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the 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

Topics related to Luke 17:26

• Antediluvians
• Confidence
• Flood
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Deluge
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Noe
• Parousia
• Year

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