Luke 17:37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:37 in other translations
| BSB | “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.” |
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| WEB | They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.” |
| ASV | And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. |
| YLT | And they answering say to him, ‘Where, sir?' and he said to them, ‘Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.' |
| DARBY | And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together. |
| BBE | And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together. |
| Webster | And they answered and said to him, Where Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, thither will the eagles be collected. |
What does Luke 17:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Where, Lord? Where, or in what direction, shall these calamities come? The answer implies that it would be where there is the most guilt and wickedness. Eagles flock where there is prey. So, said he, these armies will flock to the place where there is the most wickedness; and by this their thoughts were directed at once to Jerusalem, the place of eminent wickedness, and the place, therefore, where these calamities might be expected to begin.
(z) "Wheresoever the body is" Job 39:30, Mt 24:28
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 17:20-37
The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is…
Luke 17:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 17:37
- Matthew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Job 39:29-30
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
- Zechariah 13:8-9
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
- Revelation 19:17-18
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
- Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Daniel 9:26-27
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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Context
- Luke 17:36
Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Luke 17:37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y respondiendo, le dicen: ¿Dónde, Señor? Y él les dijo: Donde estuviere el cuerpo, allá se juntarán también las águilas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et répondant, ils lui disent: Où, Seigneur? Et il leur dit: Là où est le corps, là aussi s’assembleront les aigles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie antworten und sagen zu ihm: Wo, Herr? Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Wo der Leichnam ist, da werden auch die Adler versammelt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui dixit illis: Ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur et aquilæ. |