Wherever there is a dead body, [you can expect to see] vultures gathered there. [Note: This may mean that such a significant event as the coming of Christ would surely not go unnoticed].
Luke 17:37 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And they asked Jesus, “Where [will this happen], Lord?” And He answered them, “Wherever there is a [dead] body [you will see] vultures gathered there also.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures or eagles be gathered together. American Standard Version (1901) And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. Common English Bible The disciples asked, “Where, Lord?” Jesus said, “The vultures gather wherever there’s a dead body.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them, "Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. |
Wherever there is a dead body, [you can expect to see] vultures gathered there. [Note: This may mean that such a significant event as the coming of Christ would surely not go unnoticed].
for they [even] try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved. [In doing this] they are always piling up one sin on another. But the wrath [of God] has come upon them at last [or, “completely”].