The Meaning of Luke 17:29 Explained

Luke 17:29

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

YLT: and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

Darby: but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them:

ASV: but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

What is the context of Luke 17:29?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Luke 17:29 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

What do the individual words in Luke 17:29 mean?

in that then day went out Lot from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven destroyed all
δὲ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξῆλθεν Λὼτ ἀπὸ Σοδόμων ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ ἀπώλεσεν πάντας

  in  that 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ὅς 
Sense: who, which, what, that.
ἡμέρᾳ  day 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
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.
ἐξῆλθεν  went  out 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἐξέρχομαι 
Sense: to go or come forth of.
Λὼτ  Lot 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: Λώτ  
Sense: the son of Haran and nephew to Abraham.
Σοδόμων  Sodom 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural
Root: Σόδομα  
Sense: a city destroyed by the Lord raining fire and brimstone on it.
ἔβρεξεν  it  rained 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: βρέχω  
Sense: to moisten, wet, water.
πῦρ  fire 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: πῦρ  
Sense: fire.
θεῖον  brimstone 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: θεῖον  
Sense: brimstone.
οὐρανοῦ  heaven 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: οὐρανός  
Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it.
ἀπώλεσεν  destroyed 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀπόλλυμι  
Sense: to destroy.