Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 17:31
In that day — (Which will be the grand type of the last day) when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies.
In that day — (Which will be the grand type of the last day) when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies.
Verse 31. _HE WHICH SHALL BE UPON THE HOUSETOP_] See this explained on Matthew 24:17....
See the notes at Matthew 24:17....
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...
UPON. _Greek. epi._ App-104. HOUSETOP. Compare Luke 12:3; Luke 5:19. STUFF. vessels, or goods. Compare Matthew 12:29. Eng. "stuff" is from Low Latin. _stupa_ and O. Fr. _estoffe._ let him not, &c. Th
_upon the housetop_ the common Oriental place for cool and quiet resort. See on Luke 12:3; Luke 5:19. _his stuff_ i.e. his furniture or goods: "Therefore away to get our stuff aboard." Shaksp. _Com...
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...
ἘΠῚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΔΏΜΑΤΟΣ. The common Oriental place for cool and quiet resort. See on Luke 12:3; Luke 5:19. ΤᾺ ΣΚΕΎΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Vulg[310] _vasa._ I.e. his furniture or goods: [310] Vulg. Vulgate. “Therefore...
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 31. 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. 32. REMEMBER...
ΚΑΤΑΒΆΤΩ _aor. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) нисходить. _Aor. imper._ запрещает начало действия, ΆΡΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΑΊΡΩ (G142) поднимать, брать. _Inf._ цели, ΈΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΆΤΩ _ao...
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;...
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. IN THAT DAY, HE W...
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...
In Matthew 24:17, q.v., these words are advice to the Christians of Jerusalem with regard to their hasty flight from the city just before its fall. Here they refer to Christ's Second Coming, and warn...
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....
HE WHICH SHALL BE UPON THE HOUSETOP, AND HIS STUFF. — Better, _his goods,_ as in Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27. (See Notes on Matthew 24:17.)...
_Sauve qui peut_ (Matthew 24:17-18; Mark 13:15-16). The saying in Luke 17:31 is connected in Mt. and Mk. with the crisis of Jerusalem, to which in this discourse in Lk. there is no allusion. The conne...
_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...
(11) 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. (11) We must p...
When you see war lighted up in Judea, lose no time, but betake yourselves to flight for safety. Indeed the Christians, forewarned by these predictions, and other prophecies of the apostles, according...
EXPEDITION Luke 17:31-32. _“In that day, let him who shall be upon the housetop, and his goods in the house, not come down to take them; and he who is in the field, likewise not return back. Remember...
“ _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._ 32. _Remember Lo...
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...
IN THAT DAY, HE WHICH SHALL BE UPON THE HOUSETOP,.... Either for diversion or devotion, when he shall hear that the Roman armies are approaching to Jerusalem, to besiege it: AND HIS STUFF IN THE HOUS...
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. Ver. 31. _He which...
_In that day_ (Which will be the grand type of the last day,) when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies; _he which shall be upon the house-top, let him not come down_ See on Matthew 24:17; M...
Christ's coming. Matthew 24:17-18; Matthew 24:37-39; Genesis 19:23-25....
Final warnings:...
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....
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...
These words seem to relate singly to the destruction of Jerusalem. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:17", SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:18", where we had the same. They only signify the certain ruin and destruction...
Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus And again: "And let him that is in the field not return back. Remember Lot's wife."[51]...
Luke 17:31 In G1722 that G1565 day G2250 who G3739 is G2071 (G5704) on G1909 housetop G1430 and...
“In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away, and let him that is in the field similarly not return back.” The first illustration o...
Luke 17:31. IN THAT DAY. This has no reference to the destruction of Jerusalem, as Matthew 24:16-18, but to the future coming of the Messiah. ‘In that day,' the same haste and abandonment of earthly 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...
LET HIM NOT GO DOWN (μη καταβατω). Second aorist active imperative of καταβαινω with μη in a prohibition in the third person singular. The usual idiom here would be μη and the aorist subjunctive. Se...
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 17:31 ON THE HOUSETOP describes a Palestinian home with a flat roof and outside stairs. IN THE HOUSE... IN THE FIELD. There will be no time to prepare when the Son of Man comes....
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...
Jeremiah 45:5; Job 2:4; Mark 13:14; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 24:17;...
Goods. See on Matthew 12:29. On the house - top. See on Matthew 24:17....
Here our Saviour advises them, that when they shall see the judgments of God breaking out upon Jerusalem, that they make all possible speed to get out of it, as Lot and his family did out of Sodom; an...