Luke 17:22
And he said to the 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 it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21nor will they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is inside of you.
23And they will say to you, Lo, here! Lo, there! Do not depart, nor pursue.
Cross References
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Luke 5:35But the days will also come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.
John 7:33Jesus therefore said, Yet a little time I am with you, and then I go to him who sent me.
John 12:35Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.
John 16:5But now I go to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, Where do thou go?
John 17:11And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name that thou have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we.
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37
The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 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. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →