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Luke 17:29-31
New English Translation
Luke 17:29-31
New English Translation
29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.[a] 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof,[b] with his goods in the house, must not come down[c] to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.
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- Luke 17:29 sn And destroyed them all. The coming of the Son of Man will be like the judgment on Sodom, one of the most immoral places of the OT (Gen 19:16-17; Deut 32:32-33; Isa 1:10).
- Luke 17:31 sn Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.
- Luke 17:31 sn The swiftness and devastation of the judgment will require a swift escape. There is no time to come down from one’s roof and pick up anything from inside one’s home.
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