Luke 17:26
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- KJV
- And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- WEB
- As it was in the days of Noah, even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.
- ASV
- And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- DARBY
- And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:
- BLB
- And just as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- ÅB
- Og slik som det gikk i Noahs dager, så skal det også gå i Menneskesønnens dager:
- OTB
- Akkurat som det var i Noahs dager, slik vil det være i Menneskesønnens dager.
- B1930
- Og likesom det gikk i Noahs dager, så skal det også gå i Menneskesønnens dager:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:37–39
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Read in contextLuke 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Read in contextGenesis 7:7–23
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Read in contextLuke 17:22
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.
Read in context1 Peter 3:19–20
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Read in context2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Read in contextGenesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Read in context2 Peter 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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