# Luke 17.25

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 23. <span class="rl-speech">And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after them:</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.</span>
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> **25. <span class="rl-speech">But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.</span>**
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> 26. <span class="rl-speech">And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.</span> (Luke 17:23-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 23. <span class="rl-speech">They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them,</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.</span>
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> **25. <span class="rl-speech">But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.</span>**
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> 26. <span class="rl-speech">As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.</span> (Luke 17:23-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 23. <span class="rl-speech">And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.</span>
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> **25. <span class="rl-speech">But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.</span>**
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> 26. <span class="rl-speech">And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.</span> (Luke 17:23-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 23. <span class="rl-speech">and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one [part] under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;</span>
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> **25. <span class="rl-speech">and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.</span>**
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> 26. <span class="rl-speech">'And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;</span> (Luke 17:23-27, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 17](/codex/luke-17/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.