Bible Strands
Luke 17:35
Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples regarding the day of the Son of Man, using the immediate context of Luke 17:34 to illustrate sudden division during his return.
The words — ἔσονται (esontai) translates literally as "there will be," establishing a future certainty, while ἀλήθουσαι (alēthousai) means "grinding," depicting ordinary domestic labor.
The thread — The parallel account appears in Matthew 24:41, where the same scene of two women grinding at the mill shows one taken and the other left.
Why it lands — The text presents a future event where ordinary daily routines coincide with sudden, irreversible separation, demanding readiness without specifying the criteria for who is taken or left.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Cross-references
- Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
- Exodus 11:5 and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
- Judges 16:21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.