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LUKE 17:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 17:20Luke 17:22
“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Nor will people say, here it is, or there it is, because the kingdom of God is in your midst — here it is or there it is: the localization of the kingdom in a place that can be pointed to. The kingdom of God is in your midst (entos hymōn estin): in the midst of you, among you — or within you. The kingdom's presence is Jesus himself in their midst — not a future location to be pointed to but a present reality centered in his person.

Church Fathers on Luke 17:21

Because our Savior, in His discourses which He addressed to others, spoke often of the kingdom of God, the Pharisees derided Him; hence it is said, And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come. As though they said tauntingly, “Before the kingdom of God come, which you speak of, the death of the cross will be your lot.” But our Lord testifying His patience, when reviled reviles not again, but the rather because they were evil, returns not a…

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Or, perhaps, the kingdom of God being within us, means that joy that is implanted in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. For that is, as it were, the image and pledge of the everlasting joy with which in the world to come the souls of the Saints rejoice.

Gregory the Great · 6th century

Or the kingdom of God means that He Himself is placed in the midst of them, that is, reigning in their hearts by faith.

Bede · 8th century
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