Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.
Luke 17:35 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) There will be two women grinding grain together [Note: This was done with a hand-operated millstone where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken while the other one will be left. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other will be left. American Standard Version (1901) There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Common English Bible Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.” Catholic Public Domain Version Two will be at the grindstone together. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind. Two will be in the field. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. |
Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.
I tell you, on that night [i.e., when Jesus returns. See verse 30], there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord] while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord].