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Luk 17:22. Μαθητὰς, the disciples) who were likely to comprehend that saying, rather than the Pharisees.-ἐλεύσονται, shall come) Jesus intimates hereby that the present time of the kingdom of God [the time of its being present] will have passed away [will become past], whilst the Pharisees are seeking and inquiring when it is to come. His reply embraces events further off, Luk 17:24, et seqq., as well as nearer events, Luk 17:31, et seqq.-ἐπιθυμήσετε, ye shall desire) A hypothetical statement;[190] for afterwards the Paraclete allayed that desire, but only in the case of the Christians: see ch. Luk 24:49; Luk 24:52. [Avail yourself of present privileges.-V. g.]-μίαν) one of such days, as ye have now in great numbers,[191] Mat 9:15 : inasmuch as ye now see Me with your eyes (See on the appellation, “Son of man,” the note, Mat 16:13): and the “heaven open,” Joh 1:51. After His ascension, but one such day, and that the greatest of all days, still remains, namely, the last day: see Luk 17:30.
[190] i.e. If ye were to desire, or when ye shall desire, to see a day of the Son of Man, ye could not see it. The Pharisees had no such desire. The disciples would have it, when Jesus left them: Mat 9:15; Joh 16:6.-E. and T.
[191] See Amo 8:11.-E. and T.