Lukas 7:28
Konteks7:28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater 1 than John. 2 Yet the one who is least 3 in the kingdom of God 4 is greater than he is.”
Lukas 17:27
Konteks17:27 People 5 were eating, 6 they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then 7 the flood came and destroyed them all. 8
[7:28] 1 sn In the Greek text greater is at the beginning of the clause in the emphatic position. John the Baptist was the greatest man of the old era.
[7:28] 2 tc The earliest and best
[7:28] 3 sn After John comes a shift of eras. The new era is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of God) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era.
[7:28] 4 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ proclamation. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21. It is not strictly future, though its full manifestation is yet to come. That is why membership in it starts right after John the Baptist.
[17:27] 5 tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.
[17:27] 6 tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.
[17:27] 7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[17:27] 8 sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.