Bible Commentary

Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 35. grinding together ] as to this day in the use of the common handmills of the East. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Two [women] shall be grinding together,…. In Mt 24:41 it is added, “in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:35”

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. 34. two men in one bed ] Not necessarily men; but human beings, e.g. man and wife. The numerals are of course masculine, because the man might be either the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:34”

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 33. Whosoever shall seek to save his life ] See the same utterance, with slight verbal alterations, in Luk 9:24; Joh 12:25. St Paul’s high confidence as to the issue of his own apparently ruined and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:33”

Remember Lot’s wife. 32. Remember Lot’s wife ] Gen 19:26; Wis 10:7 , “and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.” The warning is the same as in Luk 9:62. Turn no regretful gaze on a guilty and forsaken world. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Remember Lots … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:32”

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 31. upon the housetop ] the common Oriental place for cool and quiet resort. See on Luk … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:31”

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 30. Even thus shall it be ] St Paul, no less than St Luke, had caught the echo of these solemn warnings. 2Th 1:6-10. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Even thus shall it be in the day … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:30”

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Verse 29. It rained fire and brimstone] Instead of it rained, Ge 19:24 justifies the insertion of the pronoun he, as implied in the verb ; for it is there said that Jehovah rained … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:29”

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 28. in the days of Lot ] See Gen 19:15-25; Jdg 1:7; Eze 16:46-56; Amo 4:11; Isa 13:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They did eat … – They … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:28”

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 27. They did eat, they drank ] Rather, They were eating, they were drinking retaining the imperfects of the original. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:27”

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 26. as it was in the days of Noe ] as described in Gen 7:11-23. The Second Advent should flame upon a sensual and unexpectant world. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 17:26”