Luke 17:29

“but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.”
Luke 17:29 · direct translation from the Greek

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butδὲon the dayἡμέρᾳthatᾗLotΛὼτwent outἐξῆλθενfromἀπὸSodom,Σοδόμωνit rainedἔβρεξενfireπῦρandκαὶsulfurθεῖονfromἀπ’heavenοὐρανοῦandκαὶdestroyedἀπώλεσενthem all.πάντας

Allusion · Genesis 19:24

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Both texts say that fire and sulfur rained from heaven on the day Lot left Sodom.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

πῦρpyrG4442אֵשׁeshH784“fire”
θεῖονtheionG2303גָּפְרִיתgafritH1614“sulfur”
ΣοδόμωνSodomōnG4670סְדֹםsedomH5467“Sodom”

Luke 17:29, word by word

on the dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai

day

A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”

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LotΛὼτLōt

Lot

Lot, Abraham's nephew, rescued from Sodom.

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went outἐξῆλθενexēlthen

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

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SodomΣοδόμωνSodomōn

Sodom

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it rainedἔβρεξενebrexen

rain

For rain to fall from the sky, or to send it down.

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fireπῦρpyr

fire

Fire.

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sulfurθεῖονtheion

sulfur

Sulfur, burning sulfur.

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heavenοὐρανοῦouranou

sky

The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.

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destroyedἀπώλεσενapōlesen

destroy

To do away with someone or something: take a life or ruin it.

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Places in this verse

Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.

Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
Genesis 19:24 Genesis 13:13 Genesis 18:20 Matthew 10:15

The context

28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

29 · This verse (above)

30It will be the same way on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

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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?

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