Luke 17:37

They answered, and said to him: Whither, our Lord? He said to them: Where the body is, there will the eagles assemble themselves.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

36Two men will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:28And wherever the carcass may be, there will the eagles be congregated.

Revelation 19:17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven: Come ye, assemble unto this great supper 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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