Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Luke 17:24
ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ�. Bright, swift, sudden, universal, irresistible.
ἐκ τῆς … εἰς τήν. Understand χώρας, χώραν. Comp. ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mark 15:39.
ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ�. Bright, swift, sudden, universal, irresistible.
ἐκ τῆς … εἰς τήν. Understand χώρας, χώραν. Comp. ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mark 15:39.
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Verse Luke 17:24. _AS THE LIGHTNING, THAT LIGHTENETH_] See this particularly explained, Matthew 24:27....
AND THEY SHALL SAY ... - Many false Christs, according to Josephus, appeared about that time, attempting to lead away the people. See the notes at Matthew 24:23....
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning Offenses and Forgiveness. (Luke 17:1)_ 2. Increase of Faith and Lowly Service. (Luke 17:5) 3. The Ten Lepers. (Luke 17:11) 4. Concerning the Kingdom and His Second Coming...
LUKE 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Chris...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
When Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with signs that you can watch for; nor will they say, 'Look here!' or 'Loo...
LIGHTENETH. flasheth. Greek. _astrapto._ Occurs only here and in Luke 24:4. OUT OF. Greek _ek._ App-104. UNDER. Greek. _hupo.App-104._ HEAVEN. Sing, without Art. Compare Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:1
_as the lightning_, _that lighteneth_ bright, swift, sudden, universal, irresistible....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
VER 22. AND HE SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, THE DAYS WILL COME, WHEN YOU SHALL DESIRE TO SEE ONE OF THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN, AND YOU SHALL NOT SEE IT. 23. AND THEY SHALL SAY TO YOU, SEE HERE; OR, SEE THE...
ΑΣΤΡΑΠΉ (G796) молния, ΆΣΤΡΆΠΤΟΥΣΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΆΣΤΡΆΠΤΩ (G797) вспыхивать, освещать, έκ ΤΉΣ (G1537), слово ΧΏΡΑΣ (G5561), т. е. район, следует подразумевать. "От одного места земли...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Guarded (Luke 17:20-37) 20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming he answered them, The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Coming of the Kingdom Scripture_ Luke 17:20-30 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not wi...
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. FOR AS THE LIGHTNING, THAT LIGHTENETH O...
22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33. 25 Compare Luk_9:22. 26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7. 26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is further en...
17:24 lightens (d-7) As 'shining,' ch. 24.4....
OCCASIONS OF OFFENCE. THE TEN LEPERS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7. 2, ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES] An affectionate designation of the disciples, e...
ON THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. The Pharisees having now withdrawn, Jesus proceeds to speak more unreservedly to the disciples of the final and glorious coming of His Kingdom, which will be heralded...
See on Matthew 24:27. IN HIS DAY] Westcott and Hort (but not RV) omit these words....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 THE DANGER IF YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO *SIN 17:1-2 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Things will certainly happen that turn people away from God....
FOR AS THE LIGHTNING. — See Note on Matthew 24:27. There is, however, a noticeable variation in the form; the two “parts under heaven” taking the place of the “east” and the “west,” and the “_day_ of...
ἐκ τῆς, χώρας understood, so also χώραν after εἰς τὴν = from this quarter under heaven to that. Here again Mt.'s version is the more graphic and original = from east to west....
_The coming of the Son of Man_ (Matthew 24:26-28). πρὸς τ. μαθητάς : so in Mt., but at a later time and at Jerusalem; which connection is the more original cannot be decided. ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι, there...
_Concerning the coming of the Kingdom and the advent of the Son of Man_. In this section the words of Jesus are distributed between Pharisees and disciples, possibly according to the evangelist's impr...
“THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN” Luke 17:22-37 Clearly enough, our Lord foresaw the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. There was no help for it, notwithstanding all that the Baptist and Christ...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him...
For as lightning, &c. See Matthew xxiv. 27. (Witham) --- Christ here alludes to the glory with which he shall appear when he shall come to judge the world, surrounded by his angels, &c. when he will a...
WARNING AGAINST IMPOSTORS Luke 17:23-24. _“And they will say to you, Lo here! lo there! Go not away, neither pursue them; for as the lightning, shining from the region under heaven, flashes out to tha...
“ _And He said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it._ 23. _And they shall say to you, See here! or, see there!...
THIRD CYCLE: THE LAST SCENES OF THE JOURNEY, LUKE 17:11 TO LUKE 19:27. This third section brings us to Bethany, to the gates of Jerusalem, and to the morning of Palm Day. It seems to me evident that L...
2 _d. Luke 17:22-37_. _The Coming of the Kingdom._ To the Pharisees Jesus declared what they did not know, the spiritual essence of the kingdom. But Jesus did not mean to deny the external and final a...
(22) And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. (23) And they shall say to you, See here, or see there:...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
FOR AS THE LIGHTNING THAT LIGHTENETH OUT OF THE ONE [PART] UNDER HEAVEN,.... The Syriac version reads, "out of heaven", and the Arabic version, "in heaven"; which is the seat of lightning, and from wh...
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one _part_ under heaven, shineth unto the other _part_ under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. Ver. 24. _For as the lightning_] _q.d...
_The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man_ One day of mercy, or one day wherein you might converse with me, as you do now. Having spoken to the Pharisees, he n...
IN HIS DAY; the day when Christ shall come to destroy his enemies, deliver his friends, and establish his kingdom. There is the same double reference here to Christ's providential coming to destroy th...
CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE COMING OF CHRIST. Of the coming of the kingdom:...
FOR AS THE LIGHTNING THAT LIGHTENETH OUT OF THE ONE PART UNDER HEAVEN SHINETH UNTO THE OTHER PART UNDER HEAVEN, SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN BE IN HIS DAY....
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their attitud...
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...
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Luke 17:24 For G1063 as G5618 lightning G796 flashes G797 (G5723) of G1537 under G5259 heaven G3772 shines...
“For as the lightning, when it lightens out of the one part under the heaven, shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.” For when He comes He will be revealed in sp...
Luke 17:24. FOR. Neither time nor place can be determined, for the coming will be sudden and universally perceived. See on Matthew 24:27....
CHRONOLOGY. We connect this discourse with that ending in Luke 17:10, placing the whole in Perea, just before the final departure for Jericho and Jerusalem. Chap, Luke 18:15-34, contains incidents to...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
LIGHTENETH (αστραπτουσα). An old and common verb, though only here and Luke 24:4 in the N.T. The second coming will be sudden and universally visible. There are still some poor souls who are waitin...
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers whi...
CONTENTS: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's wife. CONCLUSION:...
Luke 17:1. _It is impossible but that offences will come._ Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which shal...
WHEN YOU WILL WISH YOU COULD SEE. In their restless eagerness to see a _visible_ kingdom, many would be tempted to follow false prophets and false Messiahs. He warns them against this, telling them th...
_One of the days of the Son of Man_ MISTAKEN DESIRES FOR JESUS I. JESUS FORESHADOWS A CHANGE OF FEELING ON THE PART OF HIS DISCIPLES IN REFERENCE TO HIS APPEARING. They will desire to see one day a v...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:23 Believers should not FOLLOW people who claim that Jesus has come in a secret or hidden way, for he will come in a way that is dramatic and visible to all, like LIGHTNING....
_For as the lightning._ The Syriac has, "As the lightning shines from heaven and lightens all things under heaven." As the lightning most suddenly, swiftly, and openly descends from heaven and shines...
CHAPTER 17 VER. 5. _And the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith._ The Apostles said this, when, from their little faith, they had been unable to cast out the devil from the lunatic. They the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 17:20. DEMANDED OF THE PHARISEES.—We can scarcely think that they had any good end in view in asking this question; it is probable they expected to get some answer which might be...
EXPOSITION LUKE 17:1 _The_ _Master_'_s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept from such sin...
Now He turns again to His disciples. Then said he unto his disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come (Luke 17:1): You cannot help if you're living in this world, you're going to have of...
1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:8;...
Lighteneth [α σ τ ρ α π τ ο υ σ α]. Only here and ch. 24:4....
So shall also the Son of man be — So swift, so wide, shall his appearing be: In his day — The last day....