New Living Translation
Luke 17:28
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 17:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
- New International Version (NIV)“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
Context of Luke 17:28
26“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. “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— 29until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’ right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
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ὁμοίως καθὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Λώτ· ἤσθιον, ἔπινον, ἠγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, ᾠκοδόμουν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- it wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the daysὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of LotΛώτLōt · LotG3091
- they did eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- they drankπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
- they boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
- they soldπωλέωpōleō · to sellG4453
- they plantedφυτεύωphuteuō · to plantG5452
- they buildedοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
Cross-references for Luke 17:28
- Genesis 13:13But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
- Genesis 18:20So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
- Genesis 19:4But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
- Ezekiel 16:49Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
- James 5:1Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
Commentaries on Luke 17:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 They did eat - They were busy in the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen. The same day - See Genesis 19:23-25. “It rained.” The word here used “might” have been rendered “he” rained. In Genesis it is said that the “Lord” did it. Fire and brimstone - God destroyed Sodom on account of its great wickedness. He took vengeance on it for its sins; and the example of Sodom is set before people to deter them from committing…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
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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
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