Luke 17:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀποκριθέντες λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Ποῦ, Κύριε; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ὅπου τὸ σῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοὶ.

Transliteration

And apokrithentes they legousin to him, Pou, Kyrie? Ho de eipen to them, Where the sōma, there will be synachthēsontai the aetoi.

Grammar Details

*apokrithentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - answering
*legousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - they say
*Pou*: interrogative adverb - where
*Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
*Ho*: nominative, masculine, singular article - he/the one
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said
*sōma*: nominative, neuter, singular - body
*synachthēsontai*: future passive indicative, 3rd plural - will be gathered
*aetoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - eagles/vultures

Word Meanings

*apokrithentes*: answering/responding/replying
*Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
*sōma*: body/corpse
*synachthēsontai*: will be gathered/assembled/come together
*aetoi*: eagles/vultures (carrion birds)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 24:28 : 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come [and] be gathered together unto the great supper of God; 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, {G846} and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.
Job 39:29-30 : 29 From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
Dan 9:26-27 : 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined. 27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations [shall come] one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out upon the desolate.
Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
1 Thess 2:16 : 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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