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.
KJV
λέγω ὑμῖν, ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἔσονται δύο ἐπὶ κλίνης μιᾶς, εἷς παραλημφθήσεται καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἀφεθήσεται·
Greek NT
Dico vobis : In illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno : unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur :
Vulgate
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
ASV
I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὁ — SBLGNT
- ὁ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The future judgment by Christ. Communion with and separation from the divine being. The eternal punishment of unbelievers. 1. If the Father, then, does not exercise judgment, [it follows] that judgment does not belong to Him, or that He consents to all those actions which take place; and if He does not judge, all persons will be equal, and accounted in the same condition. The a…
2. And ye indeed say that you know even His substance, but that the Son not even the day, the Son, who is always in the bosom of the Father; and yet His substance is much greater than the days, even infinitely greater. How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- 2Pet 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Luke 23:39 — And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
- Mal 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon h
- Mark 13:23 — But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
- Matt 24:40 — Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Matt 24:40 — Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Ps 26:9 — Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: