Luke 17:29

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

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1 first appearance in the Greek New Testament

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Λὼτ

Lṓt

G3091

“Lot”

Noun, Proper, indeclinable

Appears 4× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Luke 17:28

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: of hebrew origin H3876

TDNT: None

Lot = "veil or covering" 1. the son of Haran and nephew to Abraham

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

16: words
14: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is Λὼτ Lot G3091 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

θεῖον brimstone G2303

Shared distinctive vocabulary

Λὼτ Lot G3091 occurs in 4 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

ἀπὸ from G575 ×2
καὶ and G2532 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 17:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
2 Peter 2:6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 11:8 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Deuteronomy 29:23–25 [and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Isaiah 13:19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 50:40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
Matthew 11:23–24 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

Isaiah 1:9 Unless Yahweh of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sodom; We would have been like Gomorrah.
Hosea 11:8 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, My compassion is aroused.
Amos 4:11 "I have overthrown some of you, As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Genesis 19:16–25 But he lingered; and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

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Commentary

Notes on Luke 17:29 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Luk 17:29 . ἔβρεξε ( βρέχω ): an old poetic word used in late Greek for ὕειν , to rain. βροχή is the modern Greek for rain ( vide Mat 5:45 ).

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 29. It rained fire and brimstone] Instead of it rained, Ge 19:24 justifies the insertion of the pronoun he, as implied in the verb εβρεξε; for it is there said that Jehovah rained fire and brimstone from Jehovah out of heaven.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(29) It rained fire and brimstone.—The combination of the two Greek words is found in the LXX. version of Gen_19:24, and obviously suggested the like combination here and in Rev_14:10; Rev_20:13; Rev_21:8.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man is revealed. In his power, when he comes to avenge himself on the Jews; and when he is revealed from heaven in flaming fire, at the last day. As in the days of Noah and Lot, men lived in great carnality and security, thoughtless and fearless of danger, so were the Jews before the destruction of their city and temple, buoying themselves up with deliverance to the last; and such will be the times of indolence and supineness, before the coming of the day of the Lord to judgment: and as the destruction of the old world, and men of Sodom, and the adjacent parts, was sudden and unexpected, so was the destruction of Jerusalem, and so will be the burning of the world; that day will come, as a thief in the night: and as in the above calamities, there was a remnant saved, who were taken care of; as Noah and his family in tim ark, and as Lot, and his wife and daughters were snatched out of Sodom, when the rest were destroyed; so when the Christians removed from Jerusalem, and went to Pella, being directed by a divine oracle, then came on the siege of Jerusalem (r); and when all the elect will be gathered in, and brought to faith and repentance, then shall the earth, and the works in it be burnt up: and as these judgments were universal, so was that upon the people of the Jews: and such will be the general desolation in the last day.

(r) Euseb. Hist. Eccl. l. 3. c. 5.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

Ver. 29. But the same day] A fair sunshine morning had a foul dismal evening. Nescis quid serus vesper vehat. Thou knowest not what a great bellied day may bring forth. Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Think every day thy last day. (Horat.)

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

29. Rained fire and brimstone—A terrible likeness of a flaming fire, described, in 2Th_1:8, as attending the Second Coming of the Son of man.

Passages belonging to the Olivet discourse, (Matthew 24, 25,) furnished by a fourth reporter, 31-37.

Luk_17:31-33 belong after Mat_24:16, and apply to Jerusalem’s destruction. Luk_17:34-36 are to be identified with Mat_24:40-41, and apply to the Second Advent. See our notes on the passages in Matthew.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

29.] ἔβρεξεν, impersonal, not ὁ θεὸς ἔβρ. That such an expression as ὁ θεὸς βρέχει is used Mat 5:45, is no proof that when βρέχει is used impersonally the sacred name is to be supplied.

Ver. 31 refers immediately to the example of Sodom just related. In Mat 24:16-18 it finds its place by a reference to the destruction of Jerusalem, see there.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

29. ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον. The subject of ἔβρεξεν is Κύριος, Which is, expressed in Gen 19:24 (comp. Mat 5:45) and must be supplied here, because of ἀπώλεσεν. The verb is not impers., as in Jas 5:17. Grotius makes πῦρ καὶ θεῖον the nom. and compares ἵνα μὴ βρέχῃ ὑετός (Rev 11:6). Gen 19:24 and the sing. verb are against this. Comp. Hom. Od. 22:493.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 16 words (14 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Lṓt (“Lot”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Lot” (Lṓt) contribute to the verse as a whole?
The word “brimstone” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Luke 17:28 shares the word «Lot» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“from” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
“from” occurs 2× in this single verse.
14 distinct Greek lemmas span 16 words in this verse.