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Luke 17:35

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

KJV

ἔσονται δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, ἡ μία παραλημφθήσεται ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα ἀφεθήσεται.

Greek NT

duæ erunt molentes in unum : una assumetur, et altera relinquetur : duo in agro : unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur.

Vulgate

There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

ASV

Two women shall be grinding together. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left. Two men shall be in the field. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
ἀλήθω
aletho
verb · 2×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἔσονται δύο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσονται δύο | RP: Δύο ἔσονται
  • ἔσονται δύοSBLGNT
  • ἔσονται δύοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Δύο ἔσονταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἡ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡ
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἡ δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡ δὲ | RP: καὶ ἡ
  • ἡ δὲSBLGNT
  • ἡ δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ἡRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἀφεθήσεται | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: ἀφεθήσεται | TR: + 36 δύο ἐν ἀγρῷ· εἷς παραλημφθήσεται καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἀφεθήσεται
  • ἀφεθήσεταιSBLGNT
  • ἀφεθήσεταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + 36 δύο ἐν ἀγρῷ· εἷς παραλημφθήσεται καὶ ὁ ἕτερος ἀφεθήσεταιTextus Receptus
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 47:2 — Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
  • Matt 24:41 — Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
  • Matt 24:41 — Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.