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Luke 17:34

Luke 17:34
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Two women shall be grinding together,.... In Mat 24:41 it is added, "in the mill"; in the house where the mill was, and at one and the same mill; and so the Ethiopic version here, "two shall grind in…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

On the subject of these verses see Mat 24:40, Mat 24:41 (note). The 36th verse is, without doubt, an interpolation. It was probably borrowed from Mat 24:40. The whole verse is wanting in - ABEGHKLQS,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 17:20-37

We have here a discourse of Christ's concerning the kingdom of God, that is, the kingdom of the Messiah, which was now shortly to be set up, and of which there was great expectation.

I. Here is the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

two men in one bed Not necessarily men; but human beings, e.g. man and wife. The numerals are of course masculine, because the man might be either the one -taken" or the one -left."