a17:32-33
bGen 19:26
c17:34-35
d17:26-29
e17:37
fMal 3:18
gMatt 25:32
h17:37

‏ Luke 17:32-37

Summary for Luke 17:32-33: 17:32-33  a Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked longingly back at Sodom (Gen 19:26  b). She exemplifies those who cling to ... life.
Summary for Luke 17:34-35: 17:34-35  c one will be taken, the other left: Some consider this separation to refer to the Rapture of the church, but the parallels drawn to God’s judgment in the Flood and against Sodom (17:26-29  d), as well as the reference to vultures and a dead body (17:37  e), suggest that it occurs at the final judgment (see Mal 3:18  f; Matt 25:32  g).
17:37  h so these signs indicate that the end is near: This clause, which does not appear explicitly in the Greek, explains the significance of the cryptic saying about the vulture.
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