Onἐνthatἐκείνῃday,τῇ ἡμέρᾳthe one whoὃςisἔσταιonἐπὶthe housetop,τοῦ δώματοςandκαὶhisαὐτοῦgoodsτὰ σκεύηinἐνthe house,τῇ οἰκίᾳmust notμὴcome downκαταβάτωto takeἆραιthem;αὐτάandκαὶlikewiseὁμοίωςthe oneὁinἐνthe fieldἀγρῷmust notμὴturn backἐπιστρεψάτωtoεἰςthe thingsτὰbehind.ὀπίσω
Luke 17:31
Study it in the app“On that day, the one who is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, must not come down to take them; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back to the things behind.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 17:31, word by word
- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears- isἔσταιestai
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estai” appears- the housetopδώματοςdōmatos
housetop
Roof, the flat terrace of the roof.
Where else “dōmatos” appears- goodsσκεύηskeuē
belongings
Household belongings.
Where else “skeuē” appears- the houseοἰκίᾳoikiai
house
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikiai” appears- come downκαταβάτωkatabatō
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabatō” appears- to takeἆραιarai
pick up
To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
Where else “arai” appears- likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs
likewise
In the same way, likewise.
Where else “homoiōs” appears- the fieldἀγρῷagrōi
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “agrōi” appears- turn backἐπιστρεψάτωepistrepsatō
turn back
To turn around, or go back.
Where else “epistrepsatō” appears- behindὀπίσωopisō
behind
Behind, backward.
Where else “opisō” appears
The context
30It will be the same way on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 · This verse (above)
32Remember Lot’s wife.
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?