Luke 17:29

Translations

Modern

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Traditional

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

Literal

…and in that day Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all.

Latin

…qua die autem exiit Lot a Sodomis, pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, et omnes perdidit:

Original

Greek

English

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Notes

Luke 17:26–29

in the days of Noah … in the days of Lot: See Genesis 6–9 for Noah and Genesis 18:16–19:29 for Lot. Both stories describe God's severe judgment against human evil.

Luke 17:20–37

This is the first of two teachings in the Gospel of Luke about the coming of the kingdom of God and the return of the Son of Man (a title Jesus uses for himself). The second teaching appears later in chapter 21.

Theme notes and profiles

Lot

Events

Discourse on the Kingdom and Other Parablesc. AD 30

Related verses

Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
2 Peter 2:6
…if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Jeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Deuteronomy 29:23–25
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Matthew 11:23–24
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:9
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
Genesis 19:16–25
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

Parallels

Genesis 19:24–29

People

Lot: Abraham's nephew; rescued from Sodom's destruction

Places

Sodom: Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Lot Luke, Gospel of Sodom and Gomorrah Sulfur

Topics

Brimstone: Fire And, Rained Upon Sodom Confidence: False Jerusalem: Destruction of, Foretold by Jesus Jesus, the Christ: Revelations by: Concerning his Kingdom Jesus, the Christ: Second Coming of Jesus, the Christ: Teaches the Pharisees Concerning the Coming of his Kingdom (In Peraea) Lot: The Son of Haran: Providentially Saved from Destruction in Sodom Sodom: Destroyed on Account of the Wickedness of the People The Deluge: (Unexpectedness of) Suddenness of Christ's Coming Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

Luke 17:29

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