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Andκαὶthey will sayἐροῦσινto you,ὑμῖν‘Look,Ἰδοὺthere!ἐκεῖLook,Ἰδοὺhere!’ὧδεDo notμὴgo offἀπέλθητεnorμηδὲrun after them.διώξητε
Luke 17:23
Study it in the app“And they will say to you, ‘Look, there! Look, here!’ Do not go off nor run after them.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 17:23, word by word
- they will sayἐροῦσινerousin
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “erousin” appears- go offἀπέλθητεapelthēte
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apelthēte” appears- run after themδιώξητεdiōxēte
pursue
To go after something with all you have.
Where else “diōxēte” appears
The context
22And he said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
23 · This verse (above)
24For just as the lightning, flashing from the region under heaven, shines to the region under heaven, so will be the Son of Man in his day.
To study Luke 17 in a group
1. What it says
Of the ten lepers who are cleansed, how many come back to give thanks, and what does Jesus say to him? (vv. 12-19)
2. What it means
Jesus points out that the one who returned was a Samaritan, a foreigner (vv. 16-18). What does that say about who recognizes what God has done?
3. How I live it
Jesus says to forgive a brother who changes his mind, even seven times a day (vv. 3-4). Whom do you need to forgive this week?