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Luke 17:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
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Role in This Section
Luke 17:22 records the speech or response at Luke 17:22 within Luke 17:20–17:37: “And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it”.
Read It With
- Luke 17:20–17:37
Read Luke 17:22 with 17:20–17:37. In isolation, this contribution—records the speech or response at Luke 17:22 within Luke 17:20–17:37: “And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus tells Pharisees God's kingdom is not captured by observable signs and is among them, then warns disciples against chasing claims, compares the Son-of-Man day to Noah and Lot, and demands readiness amid sudden separation.
Why It Needs Context
Luke 17:22 records the speech or response at Luke 17:22 within Luke 17:20–17:37: “And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it”. Its short connective, pronoun, reply, or scene detail depends on Luke 17:20–17:37; isolation would detach the selected wording from the actor, referent, or development that explains it.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Luke 17:20–17:37 — The Kingdom Is Present among You and the Son's Day Remains UnscheduledSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 17:20–17:37, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 17:20–17:37
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 17:20–17:37
Open source ↗