Luke 17:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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Referenced Verses

Matt 24:28 : 28 For 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 fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great 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 on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Job 39:29-30 : 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold 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 threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: 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 unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; 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 he 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 the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through 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, The LORD 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 might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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