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NASB | Luke 17:34 "I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 17:34 "I tell you, on that night [when Messiah comes again] there will be two [sleeping] in one bed; the one (the non-believer) will be taken [away in judgment] and the other (the believer) will be left. |
Bible Question:
NASB Luke 17:34 "I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left." In the passage quoted below, where are they taken? Luke 17:26-37 (ESV) [26] Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. [27] They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. [28] Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, [29] but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— [30] so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. [31] On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. [32] Remember Lot's wife. [33] Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. [34] I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. [35] There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left." [36] [37] And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather." |
Bible Answer: Hello Kalos, I was reading an article the other day by Marvin Rosenthal that talked about Luke 17:37 Luke 17:37 "Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather." Marvin said that this is what is known as a Hebraism and being a master of his history I thought that there would be some long explanation. Here it is just an expression that the Jews use to mean the following. Where there is immoral living, Devine judgment will follow. I have seen people trying to explain this verse by paragraph after paragraph and as it turns out it is only an expression, how about that. If you want to know something Jewish, ask a Jew; a born again Jew that is! CDBJ |