Luke 17:34

“I tell you, in that night, etc.] Of affliction and calamity, that shall be upon the Jewish nation, and which is before called that day, (<421731>Luke 17:31) and therefore is not to be understood literally of the night: there shall be two [men] in one bed; this is said agreeably to the time, the night before mentioned, that being the time to be in bed, at rest and asleep; for they that sleep, sleep in the night; and still suggests the security the people of the Jews would be in, at the time of their destruction. The word “men” is not in the text, it is only, “there shall be two in one bed”; and may as well be understood of a man and his wife, since it is not so usual for two men to lie in one…”

“two in one bed--the prepared and unprepared mingled in closest intercourse together in the ordinary walks and fellowships of life, when the moment of severance arrives. Awful truth! realized before the destruction of Jerusalem, when the Christians found themselves forced by their Lord's directions (Luk 21:21) at once and for ever away from their old associates; but most of all when the second coming of Christ shall burst upon a heedless world.”

“See the notes at Matthew 24:40-41. return to 'Top of Page'”

“17:34-35 one will be taken, the other left: Some consider this separation to refer to the Rapture of the church, but the parallels drawn to God’s judgment in the Flood and against Sodom (17:26-29), as well as the reference to vultures and a dead body (17:37), suggest that it occurs at the final judgment (see Mal 3:18; Matt 25:32).”

“I tell: Luk 13:3, Luk 13:5, Luk 13:24; Isa 42:9; Mat 24:25; Mar 13:23, Mar 14:29 in: Mat 24:40, Mat 24:41 two: Psa 26:9, Psa 28:3; Jer 45:5; Eze 9:4-6; Mal 3:16-18; Rom 11:4-7; Th1 4:16, Th1 4:17; Pe2 2:9 Luke 17:35”