Luke 17:22
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.
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21And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.
23And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.
Cross References
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
Luke 5:35But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
John 7:33Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.
John 12:35Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
John 16:5But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?
John 17:11And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.
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 →