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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:21

Lo here! or, lo there! - Perhaps those Pharisees thought that the Messiah was kept secret, in some private place, known only to some of their rulers; and that by and by he should be proclaimed in a similar way to that in which Joash was by Jehoiada the priest. See the account, 2 Chronicles 23:1-11 . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:22

When ye shall desire to see one of the days - As it was our Lord's constant custom to support and comfort the minds of his disciples, we cannot suppose that he intimates here that they shall be left destitute of those blessings necessary for their support in a day of trial. When he says, Ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, he either means, ye of this nation, ye Jews, and addresses his disciples as if they should bear witness to the truth of the declaration; intimating... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:23

And they shall say - Or, And If they shall say. Two MSS., the Syriac and Armenian, have εαν , If. See here - KM, sixteen others, and the later Syriac, have ὁ χριστος , Behold the Christ is here. This is undoubtedly the meaning of the place. See on Matthew 24:23 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:24

As the lightning, that lighteneth - See this particularly explained, Matthew 24:27 , Matthew 24:28 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:25

But first must he suffer many things - As the cup of the iniquity of this people shall not be full till they have finally rejected and crucified the Lord of life and glory, so this desolation cannot take place till after my death. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:26

As it was in the days of Noe - See on Matthew 24:38 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:27

They did eat, they drank, etc. - They spent their whole lives in reference to this world; and made no sort of provision for their immortal souls. So it was when the Romans came to destroy Judea; there was a universal carelessness, and no one seemed to regard the warnings given by the Son of God. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:29

It rained fire and brimstone - Instead of it rained, Genesis 19:24 ; justifies the insertion of the pronoun he, as implied in the verb εβρεξε ; for it is there said that Jehovah rained fire and brimstone from Jehovah out of heaven. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:31

He which shall be upon the housetop - See this explained on Matthew 24:17 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:32

Remember Lot's wife - Relinquish every thing, rather than lose your souls. She looked back, Genesis 19:26 ; probably she turned back also to carry some of her goods away - for so much the preceding verse seems to intimate, and became a monument of the Divine displeasure, and of her own folly and sin. It is a proof that we have loved with a criminal affection that which we leave with grief and anxiety, though commanded by the Lord to abandon it. read more

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