Luke 17:37

“Where will it be, Master?” asked the disciples. “Where there is a body,” said Jesus, “there will the vultures flock.”

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And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:8In all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.

Matthew 24:28Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.

Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven – ‘Gather and come to the great feast of God,

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 →

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