Luke 17:37

17:37 Then ¹  the disciples ²  said ³  to him, “Where, ⁴  Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body ⁵  is, there the vultures ⁶  will gather.” ⁷ 

Genesis 7:4

7:4 For in seven days ⁸  I will cause it to rain ⁹  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

Acts 17:26

17:26 From one man ¹⁰  he made every nation of the human race ¹¹  to inhabit the entire earth, ¹²  determining their set times ¹³  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ¹⁴ 

[17:37]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:37]  ² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the disciples, v. 22) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:37]  ³ tn Grk “answering, they said to him.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[17:37]  ⁴ sn The question “Where, Lord?” means, “Where will the judgment take place?”

[17:37]  ⁵ tn Or “corpse.”

[17:37]  ⁶ tn The same Greek term can refer to “eagles” or “vultures” (L&N 4.42; BDAG 22 s.v. ἀετός), but in this context it must mean vultures, because the gruesome image is one of dead bodies being consumed by scavengers.

[17:37]  ⁷ tn Grk “will be gathered.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in English.

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “for seven days yet,” meaning “after [or “in”] seven days.”

[7:4]  ⁹ tn The Hiphil participle מַמְטִיר (mamtir, “cause to rain”) here expresses the certainty of the act in the imminent future.

[17:26]  ¹⁰ sn The one man refers to Adam (the word “man” is understood).

[17:26]  ¹¹ tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.”

[17:26]  ¹² tn Grk “to live over all the face of the earth.”

[17:26]  ¹³ tn BDAG 884-85 s.v. προστάσσω has “(οἱ) προστεταγμένοι καιροί (the) fixed times Ac 17:26” here, but since the following phrase is also translated “fixed limits,” this would seem redundant in English, so the word “set” has been used instead.

[17:26]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the boundaries of their habitation.” L&N 80.5 has “fixed limits of the places where they would live” for this phrase.