Luke
Luke 17:28–30
28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Luke 17:28
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It was | ἐγένετο | egeneto | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| the same | Ὁμοίως | Homoiōs | Adverb | G3668 in like manner |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | ταῖς | tais | Article - Dative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| days | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| of Lot | Λώτ | Lōt | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3091 Lot |
| were eating | ἤσθιον | ēsthion | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2068 I eat |
| drinking | ἔπινον | epinon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4095 I drink, imbibe |
| buying | ἠγόραζον | ēgorazon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G59 I buy |
| selling | ἐπώλουν | epōloun | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4453 I sell |
| planting | ἐφύτευον | ephyteuon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5452 I plant |
| building | ᾠκοδόμουν | ōkodomoun | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G3618 I build, build up, edify |
Luke 17:29
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| on the | ᾗ | hē | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| day | ἡμέρᾳ | hēmera | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G2250 a day |
| Lot | Λὼτ | Lōt | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3091 Lot |
| left | ἐξῆλθεν | exēlthen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1831 I go out, come out |
| Sodom | Σοδόμων | Sodomōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G4670 Sodom |
| fire | πῦρ | pyr | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4442 fire, trials |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| sulfur | θεῖον | theion | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G2303 brimstone, sulfur |
| rained down | ἔβρεξεν | ebrexen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1026 I moisten, rain, send rain |
| from | ἀπ’ | ap’ | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| heaven | οὐρανοῦ | ouranou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3772 the sky, the heaven |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| destroyed | ἀπώλεσεν | apōlesen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing |
| them all | πάντας | pantas | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
Luke 17:30
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It will be | ἔσται | estai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| just like that | Κατὰ | Kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| on the | ᾗ | hē | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| day | ἡμέρᾳ | hēmera | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G2250 a day |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Son | Υἱὸς | Huios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5207 a son, descendent |
| of Man | ἀνθρώπου | anthrōpou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| is revealed | ἀποκαλύπτεται | apokalyptetai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G601 I uncover, bring to light, reveal |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 17:28 Ezekiel 16:49–50 · Genesis 18:20–21 · James 5:1–5
Luke 17:29 Revelation 11:8 · Jude 1:7 · Zephaniah 2:9 · Jeremiah 50:40 · 2 Peter 2:6 · Deuteronomy 29:23–25 · Matthew 11:23–24 · Isaiah 13:19
Luke 17:30 2 Thessalonians 1:7 · Revelation 1:7 · 1 Corinthians 1:7 · 1 Peter 1:13 · Luke 21:27 · Mark 13:26 · Luke 21:34–36 · 1 Peter 1:7 · Matthew 24:3 · Matthew 16:27 · Matthew 24:39 · Matthew 24:37
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.