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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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THE MESSAGE
Luke 17:34
"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."
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Christian Standard Bible®
I tell you, on that night
I tell you, on that night
King James Version (1611)
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shal be taken, the other shall be left.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shal be taken, the other shall be left.
King James Version
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
English Standard Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.
New American Standard Bible
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
New Century Version
I tell you, on that night two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
I tell you, on that night two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Amplified Bible
"I tell you, on that night [when Messiah comes again] there will be two [sleeping] in one bed; the one (the non-believer) will be taken [away in judgment] and the other (the believer) will be left.
"I tell you, on that night [when Messiah comes again] there will be two [sleeping] in one bed; the one (the non-believer) will be taken [away in judgment] and the other (the believer) will be left.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Legacy Standard Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Berean Standard Bible
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
Contemporary English Version
On that night two people will be sleeping in the same bed, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
On that night two people will be sleeping in the same bed, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
Complete Jewish Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind.
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind.
Darby Translation
I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
I say to you, In that night there shall be two [men] upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
Easy-to-Read Version
That night there may be two people sleeping in one room. One will be taken and the other will be left.
That night there may be two people sleeping in one room. One will be taken and the other will be left.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.
George Lamsa Translation
I say to you that in that very night two will be in one bed; one will be taken away, and the other left.
I say to you that in that very night two will be in one bed; one will be taken away, and the other left.
Good News Translation
On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
Lexham English Bible
I tell you that in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
I tell you that in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Literal Translation
I say to you, In that night two will be on one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.
I say to you, In that night two will be on one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.
American Standard Version
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Bible in Basic English
I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.
I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.
Hebrew Names Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
International Standard Version
I tell you, two people will be in the same bed that night. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.Matthew 24:40-41; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;">[xr]
I tell you, two people will be in the same bed that night. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.Matthew 24:40-41; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
I tell you, that in that night two shall be in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left.
I tell you, that in that night two shall be in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left.
Murdock Translation
I tell you, that, in that night, two will be in one bed; one will be taken, and the other left.
I tell you, that, in that night, two will be in one bed; one will be taken, and the other left.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I tell you, in that nyght there shalbe two in one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe forsaken.
I tell you, in that nyght there shalbe two in one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe forsaken.
English Revised Version
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
World English Bible
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I tell you, in this night, there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.
I tell you, in this night, there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.
Weymouth's New Testament
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y seie to you, in that nyyt twei schulen be in o bed, oon schal be takun, and the tothir forsakun;
But Y seie to you, in that nyyt twei schulen be in o bed, oon schal be takun, and the tothir forsakun;
Update Bible Version
I say to you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
I say to you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Webster's Bible Translation
I tell you, in that night there will be two [men] in one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two [men] in one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.
New English Translation
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
New King James Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
New Living Translation
That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
New Life Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two men in the same bed. One of them will be taken. The other will be left.
I tell you, on that night there will be two men in the same bed. One of them will be taken. The other will be left.
New Revised Standard
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I say unto you - On the selfsame night, there shall be two men on onebed, - the one, shall be taken near, and, the other, left behind;
I say unto you - On the selfsame night, there shall be two men on onebed, - the one, shall be taken near, and, the other, left behind;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
Revised Standard Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I tell you: In that nyght ther shalbe two in one beed the one shalbe receaved and the other shalbe forsaken.
I tell you: In that nyght ther shalbe two in one beed the one shalbe receaved and the other shalbe forsaken.
Young's Literal Translation
`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;
`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I saye vnto you: In yt night shal two lye vpon one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe for saken.
I saye vnto you: In yt night shal two lye vpon one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe for saken.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I tell you, that of two persons lying in the same bed that night, the one shall be taken, and the other left.
I tell you, that of two persons lying in the same bed that night, the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Simplified Cowboy Version
That night, there will be two people sleeping in the bunkhouse. One will be taken, and the other left behind.
That night, there will be two people sleeping in the bunkhouse. One will be taken, and the other left behind.
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
I tell: Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5, Luke 13:24, Isaiah 42:9, Matthew 24:25, Mark 13:23, Mark 14:29
in: Matthew 24:40, Matthew 24:41
two: Psalms 26:9, Psalms 28:3, Jeremiah 45:5, Ezekiel 9:4-6, Malachi 3:16-18, Romans 11:4-7, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Peter 2:9
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:11 - for even Jeremiah 16:16 - every mountain Luke 23:39 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I tell you, in that night,.... Of affliction and calamity, that shall be upon the Jewish nation, and which is before called that day, Luke 17:31 and therefore is not to be understood literally of the night:
there shall be two [men] in one bed; this is said agreeably to the time, the night before mentioned, that being the time to be in bed, at rest and asleep; for they that sleep, sleep in the night; and still suggests the security the people of the Jews would be in, at the time of their destruction. The word "men" is not in the text, it is only, "there shall be two in one bed"; and may as well be understood of a man and his wife, since it is not so usual for two men to lie in one bed; and this the rather more strongly expresses the distinguishing providence of God in saving one, and suffering the other to be taken and lost: the words may be rendered, "there shall be two upon one couch": that is, sitting together at supper, which was also in the night season: it was the custom of the ancients to sit upon beds, or couches, at meals; and they had a bed, or couch, which held two persons only, and was called Biclinium h: and so this likewise intimates, that the destruction of the Jews would be at a time when they were thoughtless of it, and were eating and drinking, as in the days of Noah and of Lot, Luke 17:27.
The one shall be taken; by the Roman soldiers:
and the other shall be left; being, by one providence or another preserved; which is mentioned, to show the distinction God will make in his providence, and to encourage believers to trust in it.
h Vid. Alstorph. de Lectis Veter. c. 15. p. 90, 91.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Matthew 24:40-41.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 17:34-36. On the subject of these verses see Matthew 24:40-41. The 36th verse Luke 17:36 is, without doubt, an interpolation; see the margin. It was probably borrowed from Matthew 24:40. The whole verse is wanting in - ABEGHKLQS, more than fifty others, the Coptic, AEthiopic, Gothic, Slavonic, and many of the fathers: Griesbach has left it out of the text. Well might our translators say in the margin, This 36th verse is wanting in most of the Greek copies. Griesbach thinks it might have been omitted on account of the similar ending, (see the preceding verse,) or that it was borrowed from Matthew 24:40.
