Luke 17:22
Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
21Nor will they say, `See here!' or `See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."
23And they will say to you, `See there!' `See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
Cross References
Matthew 9:15"Can the bridegroom's party mourn," He replied, "as long as the bridegroom is with them? But other days will come (when the Bridegroom has been taken from them) and then they will fast.
Luke 5:35But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast."
John 7:33So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.
John 12:35"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
John 16:5But now I an returning to Him who sent me; and not one of you asks me where I am going.
John 17:11I am now no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to Thee. "Holy Father, keep them true to Thy name--the name which Thou hast given me to bear--that they may be one, even as we are.
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 →