Go
Articles on

Luke 17

Luke 17:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
34
I tell
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
, in that
houtos (Greek #3778)
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
KJV usage: he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
Pronounce: hoo'-tos
Origin: οὗτοι (hoo'-toy), nominative feminine singular αὕτη (how'-tay), and nominative feminine plural αὕται (how'-tahee) from the article 3588 and 846
night
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
nux (Greek #3571)
"night" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (mid-)night.
Pronounce: noox
Origin: a primary word
thereh shall be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
two
duo (Greek #1417)
"two"
KJV usage: both, twain, two.
Pronounce: doo'-o
Origin: a primary numeral
men in
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
bed
kline (Greek #2825)
a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating)
KJV usage: bed, table.
Pronounce: klee'-nay
Origin: from 2827
; the one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
shall be taken
paralambano (Greek #3880)
to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn
KJV usage: receive, take (unto, with).
Pronounce: par-al-am-ban'-o
Origin: from 3844 and 2983
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
the other
heteros (Greek #2087)
(an-, the) other or different
KJV usage: altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange.
Pronounce: het'-er-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
shall be left
aphiemi (Greek #863)
to send forth, in various applications (as follow)
KJV usage: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
Pronounce: af-ee'-ay-mee
Origin: from 575 and ἵημι (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι, to go)
.
h
Matt. 24:40‑41• 40Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;
 41two women grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left. (Matt. 24:40‑41)

More on:

+
Bed; Bedstead,
Night

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
I tell.
Luke 13:3,5,24• 3No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.
 5No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in like manner.
 24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. (Luke 13:3,5,24)
;
Isa. 42:9• 9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth will I cause you to hear them. (Isa. 42:9)
;
Matt. 24:25• 25Behold, I have told you beforehand. (Matt. 24:25)
;
Mark 13:23• 23But do *ye* take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand. (Mark 13:23)
;
Mark 14:29• 29But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet not *I*. (Mark 14:29)
in.
Matt. 24:40‑41• 40Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;
 41two women grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left. (Matt. 24:40‑41)
two.
Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
;
Psa. 28:3• 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. (Psa. 28:3)
;
Jer. 45:5• 5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go. (Jer. 45:5)
;
Ezek. 9:4‑6• 4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
 5And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.
 6Slay utterly the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and little children, and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elders who were before the house. (Ezek. 9:4‑6)
;
Mal. 3:16‑18• 16Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
 17And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
 18And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (Mal. 3:16‑18)
;
Rom. 11:4‑7• 4But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
 5Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
 6But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace.
 7What is it then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded, (Rom. 11:4‑7)
;
1 Thess. 4:16‑17• 16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
 17then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall be always with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:16‑17)
;
2 Peter 2:9• 9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)
• If they should escape and have their lives spared through unfaithfulness, the judgment was the judgment of God; He would know how to reach them in their bed, and to distinguish between two that were in one bed. (“Luke 17” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.34-36} This character of the judgment shows that it is not the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus that is meant. It was the judgment of God that could discern, take away, and spare. Neither is it the judgment of the dead, but a judgment on earth. (“Luke 17” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.34-36} It is worthy of note that the three cases mentioned by the Lord in verses Luke 17:34-36, suppose night-time, early morning and full day-time respectively. When He comes men will be instantaneously arrested in all parts of the earth, just as they are. (“Luke 17” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
34
I say to you, In that night there shall be two men upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

W. Kelly Translation

+
34
I say unto you, in that night there shall be two [men] upon one beda ; oneb shall be taken and the other let go.

WK Translation Notes

+
a
Most copies have "one bed." A few omit "one."
b
Some read "one shall be taken," T. R. with others "the one. . ."