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Luke 17:29
but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
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, Genesis 19:24 justifies the insertion of the pronoun _he_, as implied in the verb εβρεξε; for it is there said that _Jehovah rained fi...
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. “It rained.” The word here used “might” have been rendered “he...
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...
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...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. DESTROYED. Greek. _apollumi._ Compare Luke 4:34. &c....
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...
THE ‘WHEN?’ AND ‘WHERE?’ OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Ver 26. And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah ent...
Ή _fem. sing. dat._ rel. _pron. от_ ΔΣ (G3739) который. _Dat._ времени: "в который день" ΈΞΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΈΒΡΕΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΡΈΧΩ (G1026) идти (о дож...
DISCOURSE: 1554 SUDDENNESS OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING Luke 17:26. As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they wer...
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...
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. BUT THE SAME DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE FROM HEAVEN,...
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...
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...
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....
IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. — The combination of the two Greek words is found in the LXX. version of Genesis 19:24, and obviously suggested the like combination here and in Revelation 14:10; Revelat...
ἔβρεξε (βρέχω): an old poetic word used in late Greek for ὕειν, to rain. βροχή is the modern Greek for rain (_vide_ Matthew 5:45)....
_The advent will be a surprise_ (Matthew 24:37-41)....
_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...
THE DAYS OF LOT Luke 17:28-30. _“Likewise it was thus in the days of Lot. They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; and on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and brimstone ra...
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...
“ _And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man._ 27. _They did eat, they drank, they married, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into th...
(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...
BUT THE SAME DAY LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM,.... Being plucked and brought from thence by the angels early in the morning; and a fine morning it was; the sun was risen, and shone out upon the earth, as Lot...
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed _them_ all. Ver. 29. _But the same day_] A fair sunshine morning had a foul dismal evening. _Nescis...
_As it was in the days of Noe_, &c. In the next place, he foretold the stupidity of the generation he should come to destroy, comparing it to that of the old world, about the time of the flood; who, b...
Christ's coming. Matthew 24:17-18; Matthew 24:37-39; Genesis 19:23-25....
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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“In the same way even as it occurred in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimston...
Luke 17:28-30. IN THE DAYS OF LOT. Comp. Genesis 19, the literal truthfulness of which passage is endorsed by our Lord, in the vivid sketch He gives of the destruction of Sodom. This illustration is p...
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...
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...
AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF NOAH. This is similar to parts of Matthew 24:17-41. See notes there. REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE! By delaying and looking back, as they were fleeing Sodom, she lost her life. Compare...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:26 EATING AND DRINKING is not a description of specific evils in the DAYS OF NOAH and LOT. It means that life went on as normal, and people were caught unprepared
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...
2 Peter 2:6; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 29:23; Genesis 19:16; Hosea 11:8