And thus the kingdom of Christ is a spiritual light, springing up in the minds of men, so that those who seek it need not look far away, but will see it at once within them and around them.

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Verse 27

Verse 27

They did eat, they drank, &c.; that is, they lived at ease, and in fancied security.

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Even thus shall it be; that is, the coming of the Son of man, by which is meant the establishment of the Redeemer's spiritual kingdom upon the earth, shall be attended with a period of great and sudden calamity to the Jews. The result corresponded with this and similar predictions. The great historical event which, perhaps, more than any other, attended and marked the early establishment of Christianity, was the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ruin of the Jewish state,--accompanied by circumstances of confusion and terror graphically exhibited by the images presented in the Luke 17:31-37.

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Verse 31

Verse 31

Stuff; furniture and goods.

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Verse 33

Verse 33

The meaning is, that the most prudent and cautious will in some cases be lost, while others, exposed to the most imminent dangers, will be saved; in other words, that the confusion and destruction will be so terrible as to set all human calculations at defiance. Similar phraseology occurs in Matthew 10:39, but in a different connection, and different in sense.

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Verse 37

Verse 37

The eagles; the birds of prey.

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Bibliographical Information
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on Luke 17". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ain/luke-17.html. 1878.

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