St Luke Chapter XVII : Verses 20-37
Contents
- Luke xvii. Verses 20-37. Douay-Rheims (Challoner) text & Latin text (Vulgate)
- Douay-Rheims 1582 text
- Annotations based on the Great Commentary
Luke xvii. Verses 20-37.
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| Sodom: It rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (see v. 28-32) J-J Tissot. Jewish Museum. NYC. |
Interrogatus autem a pharisæis : Quando venit regnum Dei? respondens eis, dixit : Non venit regnum Dei cum observatione :
21 Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
neque dicent : Ecce hic, aut ecce illic. Ecce enim regnum Dei intra vos est.
22 And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it.
Et ait ad discipulos suos : Venient dies quando desideretis videre unum diem Filii hominis, et non videbitis.
23 And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them:
Et dicent vobis : Ecce hic, et ecce illic. Nolite ire, neque sectemini :
24 For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.
nam, sicut fulgur coruscans de sub cælo in ea quae sub caelo sunt, fulget : ita erit Filius hominis in die sua.
25 But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
Primum autem oportet illum multa pati, et reprobari a generatione hac.
26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Et sicut factum est in diebus Noe, ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis :
27 They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all.
edebant et bibebant : uxores ducebant et dabantur ad nuptias, usque in diem, qua intravit Noe in arcam : et venit diluvium, et perdidit omnes.
28 Likewise as it came to pass, in the days of Lot: they did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built.
Similiter sicut factum est in diebus Lot : edebant et bibebant, emebant et vendebant, plantabant et aedificabant :
29 And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
qua die autem exiit Lot a Sodomis, pluit ignem et sulphur de caelo, et omnes perdidit :
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.
secundum hæc erit qua die Filius hominis revelabitur.
31 In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back.
In illa hora, qui fuerit in tecto, et vasa ejus in domo, ne descendat tollere illa : et qui in agro, similiter non redeat retro.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Memores estote uxoris Lot.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it.
Quicumque quæsierit animam suam salvam facere, perdet illam : et quicumque perdiderit illam, vivificabit eam.
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| Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken... (v. 35) J-J Tissot. Brooklyn Museum. jjj |
Dico vobis : In illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno : unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur :
35 Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
duæ erunt molentes in unum : una assumetur, et altera relinquetur : duo in agro : unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur.
36 They answering, say to him: Where, Lord?
Respondentes dicunt illi : Ubi Domine?
37 Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Qui dixit illis : Ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur et aquilæ.
Douay-Rheims : 1582 text
20. And being aſked of the Phariſees: when commeth the Kingdom of God? he anſwered them and ſaid: The Kingdom of God commeth not with obſeruation:
21. neither ſhal they say: Lor here, or loe there. For loe the Kingdom of God is within you.
22. And he ſaid to his Diſciples: The daies wil come when you ſhal desire to ſee one day of the Sonne of man; and you ſhal not ſee.
23. And they wil say to you: Loe here and loe there. Goe not, neither doe ye follow after.
24. For euen as the lightening that lightneth from vnder Heauen, vnto those partes that are vnder Heauen, ſhineth: so ſhal the Sonne of man be in his day.
25. But first he muſt ſuffer many things and be reiected of this Generation.
26. And as it came to paſſe in the daies of Noe, ſo ſhal it be also in the dayes of the Sonne of man.
27. They did eate and drinke, they did marie wiues and were giuen to mariage euen vntil the day that Noe entred into the arke: and the floud came, and deſtroyed them al.
28. Likewiſe as it came to paſſe in the daies of Lot: They did eate and drinke, bought and ſould, planted, and builded:
29. and in the day that Lot went out from Sodome, it rained fire & brimstone from Heauen, & destroyed them al:
30. according to theſe things it ſhal be in the day that the Sonne of man shal be reuealed.
31. In that houre he that ſhal be in the houſe-top, and his veſſel in the houſe, let him not goe downe to take them vp: & he that is in the field, in like manner let him not returne backe.
32. Be mindful of Lots wife.
33. Whoſoeuer ſeeketh to ſaue his life, ſhal loſe it: and Whoſoeuer doth loſe the same, ſhal quicken it.
34. I ſay to you, in that night there ſhal be two in one bed: the one ſhal be taken, and the other ſhal be left:
35. two women ſhal be grinding together: the one ſhal be taken, and the other ſhal be left.
36. They anſwering ſay to him: Where Lord?
37. Who ſaid to them: Whereſoeuer the body ſhal be, thither wil the eagles alſo be gathered together.
Annotations
20. And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? The Kingdom of Israel, which had now indeed fallen, but which was to be raised up again by the Messiah.
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: “Cometh,” that is, will come. It is a Hebraism, in which the present is put for the future. Observe that Christ said, “Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” This Pharisee, therefore, either from a desire of knowledge, or to mock Jesus, said, “Thou Jesus preachest Thy kingdom in heaven, but when will it come? When shall we see Thee reigning in it? When shall we see Israel, who is now subjugated by the Romans, breathe again through Thy means and recover her liberty and live happily under Thee as her king?” “They asked Him when He would reign,” says Euthymius, “as to deride Him, who appeared as one of low estate.” But Christ answered mildly and briefly at first as in this verse, but afterwards at more length (verse 22 to the end of the chapter). He spoke of the glory of His kingdom in the heavens, to which that of grace should first be subordinated on earth, for we proceed to glory through grace. He said therefore,
The kingdom of God. The kingdom of God and the Messiah cometh not with previous preparation, nor with the outward pomp of soldiers, horses, and chariots, as you can see, from itself. You know a king to be at hand when you see his attendants preceding him. With such as these you thought that the kingdom of the Messiah would come, and you look for it as now nigh at hand.
21. Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. They shall not say, In Jerusalem is the royal throne of Christ, He reigns there in magnificence like another Solomon; because Christ does not reign on a bodily throne, but in a spiritual soul, which by His grace He rules and directs into all good, and so guides it to the kingdom of heaven. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, Rom. xiv. 17. I would understand all these sayings of the same thing: that is, of the first Advent of Christ, in which He reigns in the souls of the faithful as a king through His grace; for thus do His sayings, as a whole, best agree together and cohere. Some, however, understand the kingdom of glory, because He will adorn even the bodies of the just with His own brightness, and other gifts, as all may see.
Secondly, For lo, the kingdom of God is within you: that is, it is in our own power if we embrace the faith and grace of Christ, and work with Him, for, as Titus says, “It is of our own will and power to receive the kingdom of God.”
Thirdly, The kingdom of God is within us, because Christ, as our God and king, lives among us preaching and endowing this kingdom. Thus speaks Theophylact: “The kingdom of God on the whole is to live after the manner of the angels, when nothing of this world occupies our souls. We need no long time and no distant journey, for faith is near us, and after faith the divine life.” The same also said the Apostle, “The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart. This is the word of faith, which we preach.,” Rom. x. 8. For to believe, and to walk worthily of our belief and of our calling, is within us. The Pharisees therefore derided the Lord, but He turned them into ridicule, showing that they were ignorant of that which was within them and which is very easy to any one who wishes for it. “For now when I am in the midst of you, you are able to possess the kingdom of God if you believe in Me and will live according to My commandments.”
22. And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it. That is, the time will come and is now at hand, when for My faith and the preaching of the gospel you will suffer many adversities, persecutions, and distresses; the errors and heresies, moreover, of the innovators; and be oppressed by straits of body and mind, and know not what consolation or counsel to take. Hence you shall seek to see Me, and to consult Me, if only once, but in vain: for after I shall have ascended into heaven, I shall no more appear on earth. Thus the things you now hear from Me you ought to teach, and to console, and to direct, until, at my second coming to judgment, I return to you, that is, to your successors. Thus He spoke to warn them that they could only come to the kingdom of glory through tribulations, that they might neither fail in heart nor fall from the faith. So Theophylact, Euthymius, Titus, Bede, and others.
23. And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them: False prophets shall come feigning themselves to be Christ or sent from Christ. Go not out, neither follow those deceivers or their rumours. The Arabic has, “See them not, nor hasten to them.”
24. For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. The Syriac has, “As the lightning shines from heaven and lightens all things under heaven.” As the lightning most suddenly, swiftly, and openly descends from heaven and shines out, so shall I suddenly and unexpectedly return to judgment. There will be no need of watching for Me, or sign, or mark, for I shall appear conspicuous and glorious to all in the whole earth. This and the following we have read in Matt. xxiv. 27 and following, where I have explained it.
25. But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. The Arabic has, “Before this He shall endure much suffering, and be rejected by this generation.”—“That is,” says Euthymius, “by this nation of a few Jews. He said this firstly, lest the Apostles, seeing Him suffering and being put to death on the cross, should be offended, and doubt whether He were the Christ.” Secondly, as Bede says, “that when they saw Him dying, who, they thought should be glorified, the pain of His sufferings might be lightened to them by the hope of the promised glory.” Thirdly, that He might arm them against future sufferings by this prophecy. “As if He had said,” says Theophylact, “Wonder not if troubles come upon you, so great as to make you wish for the days when I was with you. For even I myself, who will come as the lightning, must first suffer many things, and be rejected, and so come into that glory. Let this be your example, for to you also shall come glory from perils.”
30. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. “Well does Christ say,” says Bede, “that He shall be revealed as one who, not being seen, sees all things, and then appearing, shall judge all things.”
32. Remember Lot’s wife. She perished because she looked back. “Lest,” says S. Ambrose, “as she looked back on the burning Sodom, against the command of the angel, and was changed into a pillar of salt, so you also, against these commandments of mine, may return to the life of the world, and perish with that which is perishing and burning.” S. Augustine (Lib ii. Quæst. Evang. quæst. 43): “What is the meaning of Lot’s wife? She represents those who look back in tribulation and separate themselves from the hope of the Divine Promise, and who are therefore changed into a pillar of salt, that by admonishing men not to do the same, they may, as it were, season their hearts, and not become fools.”
34. I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. By the word night it may be thought that the universal judgment of Christ will take place at night, for the greater terror of men. But I reply, That which in verse 31 is called day, is here called night. First, Because the day of judgment will be to very many, and certainly to all who have fallen away, fatal and most calamitous. For night and darkness are symbols of calamity. Secondly, As night closes the day and the time of labour, so will that day also close the time of labouring and meriting, according to the words, “I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John ix. 4. Rightly then is the day of judgment called night.
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SUB tuum præsidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.
The Vladimirskaya Icon. >12th century.
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam.
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