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Book of Luke Chapter 17 - Read Chapter 17:26 - [In Context ]It will be the same when the Son of Man comes again as it was when Noah lived.
17:27 - [In Context ]In the time of Noah, people were eating, drinking, and getting married even on the day when Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed all the people.
17:28 - [In Context ]It will be the same as during the time of Lot when God destroyed Sodom. F278 Those people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building houses for themselves.
17:29 - [In Context ]The people were doing these things even on the day when Lot left town. Then fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
17:30 - [In Context ]This is exactly how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.
17:31 - [In Context ]"On that day, if a man is on his roof, he will not have time to go inside and get his things. If a man is in the field, he cannot go back home.
17:32 - [In Context ]Remember what happened to Lot's wife F279 ?
17:33 - [In Context ]The person that tries to save his life will lose it. But the person that gives his life away will save it.
17:34 - [In Context ]At the time when I come again, there may be two people sleeping in one room. One person will be taken and the other person will be left.
17:35 - [In Context ]There may be two women working together. One woman will be taken and the other woman will be left."
17:36 - [In Context ]F280
17:37 - [In Context ]The followers asked Jesus, "Where will this be, Lord?" Jesus answered, "People can always find a dead body by looking for the vultures. F281 "
FOOTNOTES: F278: Sodom A town where very bad people lived. God punished them by destroying their city.
F279: Lot's wife The story about what happened to Lot's wife is found in Gen. 19:15-17, 26.
F280: Verse 36 A few Greek copies of Luke add verse 36: "Two men will be in the same field. One man will be taken, but the other man will be left behind."
F281: vultures Or, "eagles"--birds that eat dead animals.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!;
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