Luke 17:26
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
In Context
25But first he must undergo much suffering, and he must be rejected by the present generation.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5When the Lord saw that people’s wickedness was increasing in the world, and that the trend of their thoughts was at all times toward evil,
Genesis 7:7he, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, entered the ark because of the waters of the flood
Matthew 24:37For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Luke 17:24For, just as lightning will lighten and flare from one side of the heavens to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man.
Hebrews 11:7It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows on faith.
2 Peter 2:5Nor did he spare the world of old; though he preserved Noah, the preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought a flood on the godless world.
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 →