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Luke 17:34

That night there may be two people sleeping in one room. One will be taken and the other will be left.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Predestination;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Good and Evil Adjacent;   Separation;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cain (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bed;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   House;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Night (2);   Parousia (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bed;   Parousia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I tell you, on that night
King James Version (1611)
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shal be taken, the other shall be left.
King James Version
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
English Standard Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.
New American Standard Bible
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
New Century Version
I tell you, on that night two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Amplified Bible
"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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Legacy Standard Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Berean Standard Bible
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
Contemporary English Version
On that night two people will be sleeping in the same bed, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.
Complete Jewish Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind.
Darby Translation
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe left.
George Lamsa Translation
I say to you that in that very night two will be in one bed; one will be taken away, and the other left.
Good News Translation
On that night, I tell you, there will be two people sleeping in the same bed: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
Lexham English Bible
I tell you that in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.
Literal Translation
I say to you, In that night two will be on one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.
American Standard Version
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Bible in Basic English
I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.
Hebrew Names Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
International Standard Version
I tell you, two people will be in the same bed that night. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.Matthew 24:40-41; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
I tell you, that in that night two shall be in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left.
Murdock Translation
I tell you, that, in that night, two will be in one bed; one will be taken, and the other left.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I tell you, in that nyght there shalbe two in one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe forsaken.
English Revised Version
I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
World English Bible
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I tell you, in this night, there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.
Weymouth's New Testament
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y seie to you, in that nyyt twei schulen be in o bed, oon schal be takun, and the tothir forsakun;
Update Bible Version
I say to you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Webster's Bible Translation
I tell you, in that night there will be two [men] in one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.
New English Translation
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
New King James Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
New Living Translation
That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
New Life Bible
I tell you, on that night there will be two men in the same bed. One of them will be taken. The other will be left.
New Revised Standard
I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I say unto you - On the selfsame night, there shall be two men on onebed, - the one, shall be taken near, and, the other, left behind;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
Revised Standard Version
I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I tell you: In that nyght ther shalbe two in one beed the one shalbe receaved and the other shalbe forsaken.
Young's Literal Translation
`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I saye vnto you: In yt night shal two lye vpon one bed, the one shalbe receaued, the other shalbe for saken.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I tell you, that of two persons lying in the same bed that night, the one shall be taken, and the other left.
THE MESSAGE
"On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."
Simplified Cowboy Version
That night, there will be two people sleeping in the bunkhouse. One will be taken, and the other left behind.

Contextual Overview

20 Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will God's kingdom come?" Jesus answered, "God's kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you can see it. 21 People will not say, ‘Look, God's kingdom is here!' or ‘There it is!' No, God's kingdom is here with you." 22 Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to. 23 People will say to you, ‘Look, there it is!' or ‘Look, here it is!' Stay where you are; don't go away and search. 24 "When the Son of Man comes again, you will know it. On that day he will shine like lightning flashes across the sky. 25 But first, the Son of Man must suffer many things. The people of today will refuse to accept him. 26 "When the Son of Man comes again, it will be the same as it was when Noah lived. 27 People were eating, drinking, and getting married even on the day when Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all. 28 "It will be the same as during the time of Lot, when God destroyed Sodom. Those people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building houses for themselves. 29 They were doing these things even on the day when Lot left town. Then fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and killed them all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I tell: Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5, Luke 13:24, Isaiah 42:9, Matthew 24:25, Mark 13:23, Mark 14:29

in: Matthew 24:40, Matthew 24:41

two: Psalms 26:9, Psalms 28:3, Jeremiah 45:5, Ezekiel 9:4-6, Malachi 3:16-18, Romans 11:4-7, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Peter 2:9

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:11 - for even Jeremiah 16:16 - every mountain Luke 23:39 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I tell you, in that night,.... Of affliction and calamity, that shall be upon the Jewish nation, and which is before called that day, Luke 17:31 and therefore is not to be understood literally of the night:

there shall be two [men] in one bed; this is said agreeably to the time, the night before mentioned, that being the time to be in bed, at rest and asleep; for they that sleep, sleep in the night; and still suggests the security the people of the Jews would be in, at the time of their destruction. The word "men" is not in the text, it is only, "there shall be two in one bed"; and may as well be understood of a man and his wife, since it is not so usual for two men to lie in one bed; and this the rather more strongly expresses the distinguishing providence of God in saving one, and suffering the other to be taken and lost: the words may be rendered, "there shall be two upon one couch": that is, sitting together at supper, which was also in the night season: it was the custom of the ancients to sit upon beds, or couches, at meals; and they had a bed, or couch, which held two persons only, and was called Biclinium h: and so this likewise intimates, that the destruction of the Jews would be at a time when they were thoughtless of it, and were eating and drinking, as in the days of Noah and of Lot, Luke 17:27.

The one shall be taken; by the Roman soldiers:

and the other shall be left; being, by one providence or another preserved; which is mentioned, to show the distinction God will make in his providence, and to encourage believers to trust in it.

h Vid. Alstorph. de Lectis Veter. c. 15. p. 90, 91.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 24:40-41.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:34-36. On the subject of these verses see Matthew 24:40-41. The 36th verse Luke 17:36 is, without doubt, an interpolation; see the margin. It was probably borrowed from Matthew 24:40. The whole verse is wanting in - ABEGHKLQS, more than fifty others, the Coptic, AEthiopic, Gothic, Slavonic, and many of the fathers: Griesbach has left it out of the text. Well might our translators say in the margin, This 36th verse is wanting in most of the Greek copies. Griesbach thinks it might have been omitted on account of the similar ending, (see the preceding verse,) or that it was borrowed from Matthew 24:40.


 
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