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Myles Coverdale Bible

Luke 17:22

And he sayde to the disciples: The tyme shal come, wha ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man, and shal not se it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - King, Christ as;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Son of Man;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Parousia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Desire;   Discourse;   Foresight;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Lust;   Obedience (2);   Son of Man;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the New Testament;   Parousia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he told the disciples: “The days are coming
King James Version (1611)
And hee said vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
King James Version
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
English Standard Version
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New Century Version
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 see it.
Amplified Bible
Then He said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to the disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to his disciples: The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he said to his talmidim, "The time is coming when you will long to see even one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Darby Translation
And he said to the disciples, Days are coming, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he saide vnto the disciples, The dayes will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come when you will covet to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
Good News Translation
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to the disciples, "Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Literal Translation
And He said to the disciples, Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see.
American Standard Version
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to the talmidim, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
International Standard Version
Then he said to the disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.Matthew 9:15; John 17:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see.
Murdock Translation
And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see [fn] .
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto the disciples: the dayes wyll come, when ye shall desyre to see one day of the sonne of man, and ye shall not see it.
English Revised Version
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
World English Bible
He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hise disciplis, Daies schulen come, whanne ye schulen desire to se o dai of mannus sone, and ye schulen not se.
Update Bible Version
And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to his disciples, The days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the son of man, and ye shall not see [it].
New English Translation
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New King James Version
Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
New Living Translation
Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won't see it.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to His followers, "The time will come when you will wish you could see the Son of Man for one day. But you will not be able to.
New Revised Standard
Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But he said unto the disciples - There will come days - when ye will long to see, one of the days of the Son of Man, and shall not see.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto the disciples: The dayes will come when ye shall desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man and ye shall not se it.
Young's Literal Translation
And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it];
Mace New Testament (1729)
At length he said to his disciples, the time will come, when ye will wish to see the son of man appear, and shall not see him.
THE MESSAGE
He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "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
Then he told his twelve cowboys, "There will come a day when you wish the Top Hand would come back, but you won't see it happen.

Contextual Overview

20 But whan he was demaunded of ye Pharises: Whan cometh the kyngdome of God? He answered them, and sayde: The kyngdome of God commeth not with outwarde appearaunce, 21 nether shal it be sayde: lo, here or there is it. For beholde, ye kyngdome of God is inwarde in you. 22 And he sayde to the disciples: The tyme shal come, wha ye shal desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man, and shal not se it. 23 And they shal saye vnto you: Se here, Se there. Go not ye, nether folowe, 24 for as the lightenynge shyneth aboue from the heauen, and lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heaue, so shal the sonne of ma be in his daye. 25 But first must he suffre many thinges, and be refused of this generacion. 26 And as it came to passe in the tyme of Noe, so shal it come to passe also in ye dayes of the sonne of man. 27 They ate, they dranke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto ye daye that Noe wente in to the Arke, and ye floude came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewyse also as it came to passe in the tyme of Lot, they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded. 29 But euen the same daye that Lot wente out of Sodom, it rayned fyre and brymstone from heaue, and destroyed them all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Luke 5:35, Luke 13:35, Matthew 9:15, John 7:33-36, John 8:21-24, John 12:35, John 13:33, John 16:5-7, John 16:16-22, John 17:11-13

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 30:3 - the days Matthew 23:39 - Ye shall not Luke 17:26 - the days of the Son John 7:34 - General Hebrews 8:8 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 17:3
Then fell Abram vpon his face.And God talked furthur, with him, and sayde:
Genesis 17:6
& I wil multiplye the exceadingly, and wil make people of ye, yee and kynges also shal come out of the.
Genesis 17:8
And vnto the and to thy sede after the, will I geue the lande, wherin thou art a straunger: euen all the lande of Canaan for an euerlastinge possession, and will be their God.
Genesis 17:9
And God sayde morouer vnto Abraham: Kepe my couenaunt then, thou and they sede after the.
Genesis 17:15
And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai, but Sara shal be hir name:
Genesis 18:33
And the LORDE wente his waye, whan he had left talkynge with Abraham. And Abraham returned vnto his place.
Exodus 20:22
And the LORDE spake vnto him: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel: Ye haue sene, that I haue talked wt you from heauen:
Deuteronomy 5:4
He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpo the mount.
Judges 6:21
Then the angell of the LORDE stretched out the staffe that he had in his hande, and with the ende of it he touched the flesh and the vnleuended floure: and the fyre came out of the rocke, and consumed the flesh and the vnleuended floure. And the angell of the LORDE vanyshed out of his sighte.
Judges 13:20
And wha the flamme wente vp from ye altare towarde heauen, the angell of the LORDE asceded vp in the flamme of the altare. Whan Manoah & his wife sawe yt, they fell downe to ye earth vpo their faces.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto his disciples,.... Who also were expecting a worldly kingdom, and external honours, and temporal emoluments, and riches; and therefore to take off their minds from these things, and that they might not have their expectations raised this way, but, on the other hand, look for afflictions and persecutions, he observes to them,

the days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the son of man; ימות המשיח, "the days of the Messiah", a phrase frequently used in Jewish writings; that is, when they should be glad to enjoy one such a day in the personal presence of Christ, as they now did; and instead of looking forward for happy days, in a temporal sense, they would look back upon the days they have enjoyed with Christ, when he was in person among them, and wish they had one of those days again; when besides his corporeal presence, and spiritual communion with him, and the advantage of his ministry and miracles, they bad much outward peace and comfort: whereas in those days nothing but afflictions and persecutions abode them, wherever they went; so that by these words Christ would have them to understand, that they were not to expect better times, but worse, and that they would be glad of one of the days they now had, and in vain wish for it:

and ye shall not see [it], or enjoy it. Moreover, days and opportunities of public worship, of praying to the Lord, of singing his praise, of hearing his word, and of attending on his ordinances, may be called days of the son of man, or Lord's days; see Revelation 1:10 even the first days of weeks, on which days the apostles, and primitive churches, met together for religious worship: and these may very well be called days of the son of man, since, on those days, he first appeared to his disciples, after his resurrection,

John 20:19 and on the same days his disciples and followers met together to preach in his name, to hear his Gospel, and to commemorate his sufferings and death, Acts 20:7 and still continue to do so; and seeing he often meets with his people at such seasons and opportunities, fills them with his Spirit, communicates his grace, and indulges them with fellowship with himself, which make those days desirable ones: but sometimes so violent has been the persecution of the saints, that they have not been able, for a long time, to enjoy one of those days openly, and with freedom, though greatly desired by them; which may be considered as a fulfilment, at least in part, of this prediction of our Lord's: and therefore, whenever this is the case, it should not be thought strange; it is no other than what Christ has foretold should be: and it may teach us to prize, make use of, and improve such days and opportunities, whilst we have them, we know not how soon our teachers may be removed into corners, when we shall wish in vain for them; and seasons of hearing them, as is here suggested: sad it is to know the worth of Gospel opportunities, by the want of them!

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

(The days will come He here takes occasion to direct the minds of his disciples to the days of vengeance which were about to fall on the Jewish nation. Heavy calamities will befall the Jewish people, and you will desire a deliverer.

Ye shall desire - You who now number yourselves among my disciples.

One of the days of the Son of man - The Son of man here means “the Messiah,” without affirming that “he” was the Messiah. Such will be the calamities of those times, so great will be the afflictions and persecutions, that you will greatly desire “a deliverer” - one who shall come to you in the character in which “you have expected” the Messiah would come, and who would deliver you from the power of your enemies; and at that time, in the midst of these calamities, people shall rise up pretending “to be” the Messiah, and to be able to deliver you. In view of this, he takes occasion to caution them against being led astray by them.

Ye shall not see it - You shall not see such a day of deliverance - such a Messiah as the nation has expected, and such an interposition as you would desire.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:22. When ye shall desire to see one of the days — As it was our Lord's constant custom to support and comfort the minds of his disciples, we cannot suppose that he intimates here that they shall be left destitute of those blessings necessary for their support in a day of trial. When he says, Ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, he either means, ye of this nation, ye Jews, and addresses his disciples as if they should bear witness to the truth of the declaration; intimating that heavy calamities were about to fall upon them, and that they should desire in vain to have those opportunities of returning to God which now they rejected; or, he means that such should the distressed state of this people be, that the disciples would through pity and tenderness desire the removal of those punishments from them, which could not be removed because the cup of their iniquity was full. But the former is more likely to be the sense of the place.


 
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