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THE MESSAGE
Luke 17:22
He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then he told the disciples: “The days are coming
Then he told the disciples: “The days are coming
King James Version (1611)
And hee said vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
And hee said vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
King James Version
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.
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.
English Standard Version
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New Century Version
Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man. But you will not see it.
Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man. But you will not see it.
Amplified Bible
Then He said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Then He said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to the disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Then He said to the disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to his disciples: The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not.
Jesus said to his disciples: The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he said to his talmidim, "The time is coming when you will long to see even one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Then he said to his talmidim, "The time is coming when you will long to see even one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Darby Translation
And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see [it].
And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.
Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he saide vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
And he saide vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come when you will covet to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
And he said to his disciples, The days will come when you will covet to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
Good News Translation
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to the disciples, "Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
And he said to the disciples, "Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Literal Translation
And He said to the disciples, Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see.
And He said to the disciples, Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see.
American Standard Version
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.
And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to the talmidim, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
He said to the talmidim, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
International Standard Version
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.Matthew 9:15; John 17:12;">[xr]
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.Matthew 9:15; John 17:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see.
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see.
Murdock Translation
And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see [fn] .
And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see [fn] .
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto the disciples: the dayes wyll come, when ye shall desyre to see one day of the sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
And he sayde vnto the disciples: the dayes wyll come, when ye shall desyre to see one day of the sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
English Revised Version
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.
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.
World English Bible
He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.
And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hise disciplis, Daies schulen come, whanne ye schulen desire to se o dai of mannus sone, and ye schulen not se.
And he seide to hise disciplis, Daies schulen come, whanne ye schulen desire to se o dai of mannus sone, and ye schulen not se.
Update Bible Version
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.
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the son of man, and ye shall not see [it].
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the son of man, and ye shall not see [it].
New English Translation
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New King James Version
Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New Living Translation
Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won't see it.
Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won't see it.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to His followers, "The time will come when you will wish you could see the Son of Man for one day. But you will not be able to.
Jesus said to His followers, "The time will come when you will wish you could see the Son of Man for one day. But you will not be able to.
New Revised Standard
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But he said unto the disciples - There will come days - when ye will long to see, one of the days of the Son of Man, and shall not see.
But he said unto the disciples - There will come days - when ye will long to see, one of the days of the Son of Man, and shall not see.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it.
And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto the disciples: The dayes will come when ye shall desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man and ye shall not se it.
And he sayde vnto the disciples: The dayes will come when ye shall desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man and ye shall not se it.
Young's Literal Translation
And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it];
And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it];
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde to the disciples: The tyme shal come, wha ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man, and shal not se it.
And he sayde to the disciples: The tyme shal come, wha ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man, and shal not se it.
Mace New Testament (1729)
At length he said to his disciples, the time will come, when ye will wish to see the son of man appear, and shall not see him.
At length he said to his disciples, the time will come, when ye will wish to see the son of man appear, and shall not see him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then he told his twelve cowboys, "There will come a day when you wish the Top Hand would come back, but you won't see it happen.
Then he told his twelve cowboys, "There will come a day when you wish the Top Hand would come back, but you won't see it happen.
Contextual Overview
20Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." 22He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body." 25A Kernel of Faith He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time! "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him. Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, ‘I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him." The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith." But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no ‘more' or ‘less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it. "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, ‘Sit down and eat'? Wouldn't you be more likely to say, ‘Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him? It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, ‘The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you." Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. 26"The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. 28"It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. 31"When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. 34"On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body." 36A Kernel of Faith He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time! "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him. Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, ‘I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him." The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith." But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no ‘more' or ‘less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it. "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, ‘Sit down and eat'? Wouldn't you be more likely to say, ‘Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him? It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, ‘The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you." Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." 37 Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when: Luke 5:35, Luke 13:35, Matthew 9:15, John 7:33-36, John 8:21-24, John 12:35, John 13:33, John 16:5-7, John 16:16-22, John 17:11-13
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 30:3 - the days Matthew 23:39 - Ye shall not Luke 17:26 - the days of the Son John 7:34 - General Hebrews 8:8 - the days
Cross-References
Genesis 17:3
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, "This is my covenant with you: You'll be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that ‘I'm making you the father of many nations.' I'll make you a father of fathers—I'll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I'm giving you and your descendants this land where you're now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I'll be their God."
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, "This is my covenant with you: You'll be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that ‘I'm making you the father of many nations.' I'll make you a father of fathers—I'll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I'm giving you and your descendants this land where you're now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I'll be their God."
Genesis 17:9
God continued to Abraham, "And you: You will honor my covenant, you and your descendants, generation after generation. This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls in all your descendants: Circumcise every male. Circumcise by cutting off the foreskin of the penis; it will be the sign of the covenant between us. Every male baby will be circumcised when he is eight days old, generation after generation—this includes house-born slaves and slaves bought from outsiders who are not blood kin. Make sure you circumcise both your own children and anyone brought in from the outside. That way my covenant will be cut into your body, a permanent mark of my permanent covenant. An uncircumcised male, one who has not had the foreskin of his penis cut off, will be cut off from his people—he has broken my covenant."
God continued to Abraham, "And you: You will honor my covenant, you and your descendants, generation after generation. This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls in all your descendants: Circumcise every male. Circumcise by cutting off the foreskin of the penis; it will be the sign of the covenant between us. Every male baby will be circumcised when he is eight days old, generation after generation—this includes house-born slaves and slaves bought from outsiders who are not blood kin. Make sure you circumcise both your own children and anyone brought in from the outside. That way my covenant will be cut into your body, a permanent mark of my permanent covenant. An uncircumcised male, one who has not had the foreskin of his penis cut off, will be cut off from his people—he has broken my covenant."
Genesis 17:15
God continued speaking to Abraham, "And Sarai your wife: Don't call her Sarai any longer; call her Sarah. I'll bless her—yes! I'll give you a son by her! Oh, how I'll bless her! Nations will come from her; kings of nations will come from her."
God continued speaking to Abraham, "And Sarai your wife: Don't call her Sarai any longer; call her Sarah. I'll bless her—yes! I'll give you a son by her! Oh, how I'll bless her! Nations will come from her; kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 18:33
When God finished talking with Abraham, he left. And Abraham went home.
When God finished talking with Abraham, he left. And Abraham went home.
Exodus 20:22
God said to Moses, "Give this Message to the People of Israel: ‘You've experienced firsthand how I spoke with you from Heaven. Don't make gods of silver and gods of gold and then set them alongside me. Make me an earthen Altar. Sacrifice your Whole-Burnt-Offerings, your Peace-Offerings, your sheep, and your cattle on it. Every place where I cause my name to be honored in your worship, I'll be there myself and bless you. If you use stones to make my Altar, don't use dressed stones. If you use a chisel on the stones you'll profane the Altar. Don't use steps to climb to my Altar because that will expose your nakedness.'"
God said to Moses, "Give this Message to the People of Israel: ‘You've experienced firsthand how I spoke with you from Heaven. Don't make gods of silver and gods of gold and then set them alongside me. Make me an earthen Altar. Sacrifice your Whole-Burnt-Offerings, your Peace-Offerings, your sheep, and your cattle on it. Every place where I cause my name to be honored in your worship, I'll be there myself and bless you. If you use stones to make my Altar, don't use dressed stones. If you use a chisel on the stones you'll profane the Altar. Don't use steps to climb to my Altar because that will expose your nakedness.'"
Judges 6:21
The angel of God stretched out the tip of the stick he was holding and touched the meat and the bread. Fire broke out of the rock and burned up the meat and bread while the angel of God slipped away out of sight. And Gideon knew it was the angel of God! Gideon said, "Oh no! Master, God ! I have seen the angel of God face-to-face!"
The angel of God stretched out the tip of the stick he was holding and touched the meat and the bread. Fire broke out of the rock and burned up the meat and bread while the angel of God slipped away out of sight. And Gideon knew it was the angel of God! Gideon said, "Oh no! Master, God ! I have seen the angel of God face-to-face!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he said unto his disciples,.... Who also were expecting a worldly kingdom, and external honours, and temporal emoluments, and riches; and therefore to take off their minds from these things, and that they might not have their expectations raised this way, but, on the other hand, look for afflictions and persecutions, he observes to them,
the days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the son of man; ×××ת ××ש××, "the days of the Messiah", a phrase frequently used in Jewish writings; that is, when they should be glad to enjoy one such a day in the personal presence of Christ, as they now did; and instead of looking forward for happy days, in a temporal sense, they would look back upon the days they have enjoyed with Christ, when he was in person among them, and wish they had one of those days again; when besides his corporeal presence, and spiritual communion with him, and the advantage of his ministry and miracles, they bad much outward peace and comfort: whereas in those days nothing but afflictions and persecutions abode them, wherever they went; so that by these words Christ would have them to understand, that they were not to expect better times, but worse, and that they would be glad of one of the days they now had, and in vain wish for it:
and ye shall not see [it], or enjoy it. Moreover, days and opportunities of public worship, of praying to the Lord, of singing his praise, of hearing his word, and of attending on his ordinances, may be called days of the son of man, or Lord's days; see Revelation 1:10 even the first days of weeks, on which days the apostles, and primitive churches, met together for religious worship: and these may very well be called days of the son of man, since, on those days, he first appeared to his disciples, after his resurrection,
John 20:19 and on the same days his disciples and followers met together to preach in his name, to hear his Gospel, and to commemorate his sufferings and death, Acts 20:7 and still continue to do so; and seeing he often meets with his people at such seasons and opportunities, fills them with his Spirit, communicates his grace, and indulges them with fellowship with himself, which make those days desirable ones: but sometimes so violent has been the persecution of the saints, that they have not been able, for a long time, to enjoy one of those days openly, and with freedom, though greatly desired by them; which may be considered as a fulfilment, at least in part, of this prediction of our Lord's: and therefore, whenever this is the case, it should not be thought strange; it is no other than what Christ has foretold should be: and it may teach us to prize, make use of, and improve such days and opportunities, whilst we have them, we know not how soon our teachers may be removed into corners, when we shall wish in vain for them; and seasons of hearing them, as is here suggested: sad it is to know the worth of Gospel opportunities, by the want of them!
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
(The days will come He here takes occasion to direct the minds of his disciples to the days of vengeance which were about to fall on the Jewish nation. Heavy calamities will befall the Jewish people, and you will desire a deliverer.
Ye shall desire - You who now number yourselves among my disciples.
One of the days of the Son of man - The Son of man here means âthe Messiah,â without affirming that âheâ was the Messiah. Such will be the calamities of those times, so great will be the afflictions and persecutions, that you will greatly desire âa delivererâ - one who shall come to you in the character in which âyou have expectedâ the Messiah would come, and who would deliver you from the power of your enemies; and at that time, in the midst of these calamities, people shall rise up pretending âto beâ the Messiah, and to be able to deliver you. In view of this, he takes occasion to caution them against being led astray by them.
Ye shall not see it - You shall not see such a day of deliverance - such a Messiah as the nation has expected, and such an interposition as you would desire.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 17:22. When ye shall desire to see one of the days — As it was our Lord's constant custom to support and comfort the minds of his disciples, we cannot suppose that he intimates here that they shall be left destitute of those blessings necessary for their support in a day of trial. When he says, Ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, he either means, ye of this nation, ye Jews, and addresses his disciples as if they should bear witness to the truth of the declaration; intimating that heavy calamities were about to fall upon them, and that they should desire in vain to have those opportunities of returning to God which now they rejected; or, he means that such should the distressed state of this people be, that the disciples would through pity and tenderness desire the removal of those punishments from them, which could not be removed because the cup of their iniquity was full. But the former is more likely to be the sense of the place.
