28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
28 "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot--they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
28 "It was the same in the time of Lot - the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual
28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
28 "And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business-eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building-
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 17:28
Commentary on Luke 17:20-37
(Read Luke 17:20-37)
The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as is here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judge the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in like manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, and remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who are marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgments of God.