Luke 17:36

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. [TWO MEN SHALL BE IN THE FIELD; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER LEFT.] The evidence against the genuineness of this verse is too strong to admit of its being printed without brackets, as at least doubtful, and probably taken from . All the critical editors exclude it from their text, and nearly all critical expositors concur with them. DeWette, however, inclines to receive it. The prepared and the unprepared will, says our Lord, be found mingled in closest contact together in the ordinary walks and fellowships of life when the moment of severance arrives. Awful truth! Realized before the destruction of Jerusalem, when the Christians found themselves forced by their Lord's directions () at once and forev...

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, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as is here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judge the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in like manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, and remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who are marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgme...

See the notes at Matthew 24:40....

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 sins. The Lord_'_s reply. His little parable on humility. The healing of the ten lepers. The ingratitude of all save one. The question of the Pharisees as to the coming of the kingdom. The Lord_'_s answer, and his teaching respecting the awful suddenness of the advent of the Son of man._ LUKE 17:1, LUKE 17:2 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, t

TWO MEN SHALL BE IN THE FIELD,.... At work there, tilling the ground, or sowing the seed in it, or reaping the corn; which of them soever was the work of the field, at the time of Jerusalem's destruction: THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER LEFT: the circumstances attending these several, instances show, that they cannot be considered as expressive of the use and effect of the preaching of the Gospel, that being the savour of life unto life to some, and the savour of death unto death to others, some being effectually called by it, and others being left to die in their sins; since these men and women are said to be either in a bed asleep, or on a couch feasting, or grinding in a mill, or at work in the field, and so not in proper places, and at leisure to hear the Gospel preached. The whole verse is left out in the Ethiopic version, and in some Greek copies; though it is in the Syriac,...

LUKE 17:36 _omit verse_ {A} Although it is possible that ver. Luke 17:36, du,o evn avgrw|/\ ei-j paralhmfqh,setai kai. o` e[teroj avfeqh,setai, may have been accidentally omitted through homoeoteleuton (an accident that happened to ver. Luke 17:35 in a* and a few other witnesses), in view of the weighty manuscript authority supporting the shorter text (î75 a A B L W D Q Y ¦1 28 33 565) it is more probable that copyists assimilated the passage to...

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 17:20) Luke 17:1 The story of the ten lepers is only found in Luke. All were cleansed by the power of God and the nine obeyed the Word of the Lord and went to the priests (Leviticus 13:1;...

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 Christ, mostly paralleled in Mt., together with a miracle. LUKE 17:1 F. STUMBLING-BLOCKS. Mark 9:42 *, Matthew 18:6 f.* (note the reversed order). Luke 17:3. Take heed to yourselves probably belongs to Luke 17:2. LUKE 17:3 F. THE DUTY OF FORGIVENESS ...

LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...

TWO, &c. The texts omit this verse....