The Meaning of Luke 17:28 Explained

Luke 17:28

KJV: Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

YLT: in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

Darby: and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

ASV: Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

What is the context of Luke 17:28?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Likewise  also  as  it was  in  the days  of Lot;  they did eat,  they drank,  they bought,  they sold,  they planted,  they builded; 

What does Luke 17:28 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 17:22-37 - "the Days Of The Son Of Man"
Clearly enough, our Lord foresaw the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. There was no help for it, notwithstanding all that the Baptist and Christ Himself had done. Suddenly and inevitably its doom must befall, as the deluge in the old world and the overthrow of Sodom. The Roman eagles would gather round the devoted city and only instant flight would avail. The early Christian disciples were warned by these words, and escaped to Pella, before Titus struck the last blow.
Since then other catastrophes have befallen, and finally the day of doom will break upon the world-to all of which the Master's words have been and are appropriate. In one sense, the advent of Christ took place at the fall of Jerusalem, the scenes of which were probably a miniature of the travail through which the new heavens and the new earth will be born. Let us not seek our own, but the things that belong to the Kingdom; then all other things "will be added," Matthew 6:33. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 17

1  Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of offense;
3  and to forgive one another
5  The power of faith
6  How we are bound to God
11  Jesus heals ten lepers
22  Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man

Greek Commentary for Luke 17:28

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ηστιον — ēsthion drank επινον — epinon bought ηγοραζον — ēgorazon sold επωλουν — epōloun planted επυτευον — ephuteuon builded ωικοδομουν — ōikodomoun) and the aorists in Luke 17:29 (went out εχηλτεν — exēlthen rained εβρεχεν — ebrexen destroyed απωλεσεν — apōlesen). [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 17:28 mean?

Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot they were eating they were drinking they were buying they were selling they were planting they were building
Ὁμοίως καθὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Λώτ ἤσθιον ἔπινον ἠγόραζον ἐπώλουν ἐφύτευον ᾠκοδόμουν

Ὁμοίως  Likewise 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὁμοίως  
Sense: likewise, equally, in the same way.
ἐγένετο  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: γίνομαι  
Sense: to become, i.
ἡμέραις  days 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: ἡμέρα  
Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night.
Λώτ  of  Lot 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: Λώτ  
Sense: the son of Haran and nephew to Abraham.
ἤσθιον  they  were  eating 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἐσθίω 
Sense: to eat.
ἔπινον  they  were  drinking 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: πίνω  
Sense: to drink.
ἠγόραζον  they  were  buying 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀγοράζω  
Sense: to be in the market place, to attend it.
ἐπώλουν  they  were  selling 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: πωλέω  
Sense: to barter, to sell.
ἐφύτευον  they  were  planting 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: φυτεύω  
Sense: to plant.
ᾠκοδόμουν  they  were  building 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: οἰκοδομέω 
Sense: to build a house, erect a building.