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Luke 17:37

Jesus

35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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BSB
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
KJV
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
WEB
They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
ASV
And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
DARBY
And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.
BLB
And answering, they say to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body [is], there also the vultures will be gathered together.”
ÅB
Da svarte de og sa til ham: Hvor, Herre? Han sa til dem: Hvor åtselet er, der skal ørnene samles.
OTB
"Hvor, Herre?" spurte de. Han svarte: "Der hvor det er et lik, der vil gribbene samles."
B1930
Da svarte de og sa til ham: Hvor, Herre? Han sa til dem: Hvor åtselet er, der skal ørnene samles.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 24:28

    For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

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  • Job 39:29–30

    From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

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  • Zechariah 13:8–9

    And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

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  • Revelation 19:17–18

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

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  • Amos 9:1–4

    I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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  • Daniel 9:26–27

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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