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Luke 17:27
New English Translation
Luke 17:27
New English Translation
27 People[a] were eating,[b] they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then[c] the flood came and destroyed them all.[d]
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- Luke 17:27 tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.
- Luke 17:27 tn These verbs (“eating…drinking…marrying…being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.
- Luke 17:27 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
- Luke 17:27 sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.
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