Luke 17:29
Context17:29 but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 1
Luke 17:27
Context17:27 People 2 were eating, 3 they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then 4 the flood came and destroyed them all. 5


[17:29] 1 sn And destroyed them all. The coming of the Son of Man will be like the judgment on Sodom, one of the most immoral places of the OT (Gen 19:16-17; Deut 32:32-33; Isa 1:10).
[17:27] 2 tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.
[17:27] 3 tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.
[17:27] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[17:27] 5 sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.