King James Version
What Does Luke 17:28 Mean?
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;”
Context
26
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(28) **Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.**—The illustration does not occur in the otherwise parallel passage of Matthew 24:26-27, but was naturally suggested by our Lord’s frequent reference to the Cities of the Plain (Luke 10:12; Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:23); The allusion to Lot in 2Peter 2:7, may perhaps be traced to the impression made on the Apostle by this revival of the history.
**They bought, they sold.**—As in the preceding verse, the imperfect tense is used, *they were buying, they were selling.* There is a characteristic difference in the insertion of these verbs and the two which follow, as indicating a higher advance in social life than in the days of Noah.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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