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Luke 17:22

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Jesus told his disciples, 'There's going to come a time when you'll desperately wish you could experience just one more day like the ones we're having right now with me here, but you won't be able to.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus warned his friends they'd miss these moments together more than they could imagine.

📜 Historical ContextWhy was this verse written?

The Gospel of Luke was traditionally authored by Luke, a companion of Paul, for Theophilus and a wider Gentile audience, likely in the late first century

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