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Luke 17:35

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Luke 17:35 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke 17:35 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
32Remember Lot`s wife.
33Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it.
34I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
36[There shall be two men in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.]
37And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Two [women] shall be grinding together, etc.] In (<402441>Matthew 24:41) it is added, “in the mill”; in the house where the mill was, and at one and the same mill; and so the Ethiopic version here, “two shall grind in one mill”: and it was common for two women to grind at one hand mill; and though the word “women” is not in the text, it is rightly put into the translation; since the word used is of the feminine gender, and since grinding was the business of women; and so the Persic version here supplies it, as we do; (see Gill on “<402442>Matthew 24:42”). The one shall be taken and the other left; the Roman soldiers entering the mill, will lay hold on the one, and carry her away with them,…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See the notes at Matthew 24:40-41. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“grinding: Exo 11:5; Jdg 16:21 Luke 17:36”
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