Luke 11:43

11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ¹  in the synagogues ²  and elaborate greetings ³  in the marketplaces!

Luke 17:26

17:26 Just ⁴  as it was ⁵  in the days of Noah, ⁶  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

[11:43]  ¹ tn Or “seats of honor.” The term here is plural and is not a reference only to the lead “seat of Moses” in the synagogue, but includes the front seats near the ark.

[11:43]  ² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[11:43]  ³ tn Grk “and the greetings.”

[17:26]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:26]  ⁵ tn Or “as it happened.”

[17:26]  ⁶ sn Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.