# Luke 17.27

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.</span> 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>
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> **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>**
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> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:</span> (Luke 17:25-29, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.</span> 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>
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> **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>**
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> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.</span> (Luke 17:25-29, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.</span> 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>
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> **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>**
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> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.</span> (Luke 17:25-29, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 25. <span class="rl-speech">and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.</span> 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>
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> **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>**
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> 28. <span class="rl-speech">in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.</span> (Luke 17:25-29, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** Jesus
- **Audience:** his disciples (Luke 17:22), after a question from the Pharisees (Luke 17:20)
- **Location:** on the journey to Jerusalem, between Samaria and Galilee (Luke 17:11)
- **Time period:** the final journey to Jerusalem, about AD 30-33

## Theological reading

*They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage.* The verbs are in the imperfect tense, continuous action: the routine went on right up to "the day that Noah entered into the ark."

The flood "destroyed them all." The warning is about suddenness and the end of the opportunity to prepare, the same point Jesus makes about Lot's day in verses 28-29.

## 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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Genesis Flood](/codex/genesis-flood/), via [Luke 17.26-27](/codex/luke-17-26-27/)
- [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.