Luke 17:28
Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
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The verse highlights that the people of Sodom were deeply immersed in everyday activities like buying, selling, planting, and building, just like the people before the flood. This normalcy wasn't the problem; the real issue was their profound indifference and lack of awareness of the impending judgment, demonstrating how a society can be engrossed in daily life while utterly blind to spiritual realities.
Jesus is explaining how his coming will be sudden and unexpected, just like the destruction of cities in ancient times. He draws a parallel between the ordinary, everyday activities of people in Noah's day before the flood and the same kind of mundane routines happening in Sodom right before its fiery judgment. The point is that people will be so absorbed in their normal lives, business, and building projects that they'll be caught completely unaware by divine judgment.
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Lot · Hebrew Proper Noun
A person of moral and righteous character living in the midst of a notoriously wicked city, whose deliverance serves as a testament to God's care for the righteous while punishing the ungodly.
calvinLuke 17:26-37: "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man."
- But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38. For as in the days that came before the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day when Noah entered into the ark, 39. And knew not until the deluge came, [160] and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40. Two men shall then be in the field…
gillLuke 17:28: "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;"
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot,.... When he lived in Sodom, and before, and at the time of the destruction of that city with other neighbouring ones: they did eat, they drank; See Gill on Luke 17:27, and Ezekiel 16:49. This is to be understood of the inhabitants of Sodom, and the other cities that perished with it: they bought, they sold: they trade…
The verse highlights that the people of Sodom were deeply immersed in everyday activities like buying, selling, planting, and building, just like the people before the flood. This normalcy wasn't the problem; the real issue was their profound indifference and lack of awareness of the impending judgment, demonstrating how a society can be engrossed in daily life while utterly blind to spiritual realities.
Jesus is explaining how his coming will be sudden and unexpected, just like the destruction of cities in ancient times. He draws a parallel between the ordinary, everyday activities of people in Noah's day before the flood and the same kind of mundane routines happening in Sodom right before its fiery judgment. The point is that people will be so absorbed in their normal lives, business, and building projects that they'll be caught completely unaware by divine judgment.
Jesus is explaining how his coming will be sudden and unexpected, just like the destruction of cities in ancient times. He draws a parallel between the ordinary, everyday activities of people in Noah's day before the flood and the same kind of mundane routines happening in Sodom right before its fiery judgment. The point is that people will be so absorbed in their normal lives, business, and building projects that they'll be caught completely unaware by divine judgment.
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"Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building," — The verse highlights that the people of Sodom were deeply immersed in everyday activities like buying, selling, planting, and building, just like the people before the flood. This normalcy wasn't the…
