What Does Luke 17:22 Mean?

“he said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“And”

but, and, etc

“unto”

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the disciples”

a learner, i.e., pupil

“will come”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“The days”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of

“when”

at which (thing) too, i.e., when

“ye shall desire”

to set the heart upon, i.e., long for (rightfully or otherwise)

one

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“The days”

day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the Son”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of man”

man-faced, i.e., a human being

“to see”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“see”

to gaze (i.e., with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from g0991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from g1