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LUKE 17:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 17:26Luke 17:28
“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.”
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all — eating, drinking, marrying: the ordinary activities of life proceeding without any awareness of the approaching judgment. Then the flood came and destroyed them all: the sudden interruption of normal life by the unexpected judgment. No one stopped to respond; life continued until it couldn't.

Church Fathers on Luke 17:27

The coming of our Lord, which He had compared to lightning flying swiftly across the heavens, He now likens to the days of Noah and Lot, when a sudden destruction came upon mankind.

Bede · 8th century

For refusing to believe the words of warning they were suddenly visited with a real punishment from God; but their unbelief proceeded from self-indulgence, and softness of mind. For such as a man’s wishes and inclinations are, will also be his expectations. Therefore it follows, they eat and drank.

Chrysostom · 4th century

He rightly declares the deluge to have been caused by our sins, for God did not create evil, but our deservings found it out for themselves. Let it not however be supposed that marriages, or again meat and drink, are condemned, seeing that by the one succession is sustained, by the other nature, but moderation is to be sought for in all things. For whatsoever is more than this is of evil.

Ambrose · 4th century
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