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25 But first He must suffer many things and be repudiated and rejected and considered unfit [to be the Messiah] by this [unbelieving] generation. 26 And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the [a]time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man: 27 the people were [b]eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, [they were indifferent to God] until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:26 This refers to the beginning of the Millennial kingdom when Christ returns physically and rules on earth.
  2. Luke 17:27 I.e. the people of Noah’s time were living lives of ignorant bliss, without any concern or fear that their sins would bring down on them the judgment of God.

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