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 King James Version (NKJV)And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

Context of Luke 17:26

24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes. 25But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation. “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 27In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28“And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business—eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building—

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 7:7He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.
• Job 22:15“Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
• Matthew 24:37“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
• Hebrews 11:7It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
• 1 Peter 3:19So he went and preached to the spirits in prison—
• 2 Peter 2:5And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
• 2 Peter 3:6Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
• Luke 17:22Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won’t see it.
• Luke 18:8I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”

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