Luk 17:22, Joh 7:34, 8:21 | JFB | STEP | 20-25. when, &c.-- To meet the erroneous views not only of the Pharisees, but of the disciples themselves, our Lord addresses both, announcing the coming of the kingdom under different aspects. It cometh not with observation-- with watching or lying in wait, as for something outwardly imposing and at once revealing itself.

‏ Luke 17:22

Lu 17:20-37. Coming of the Kingdom of God and of the Son of Man.

20-25. when, &c.--To meet the erroneous views not only of the Pharisees, but of the disciples themselves, our Lord addresses both, announcing the coming of the kingdom under different aspects.

It cometh not with observation--with watching or lying in wait, as for something outwardly imposing and at once revealing itself.

‏ John 7:34

33-34. Yet a little while, &c.--that is, "Your desire to be rid of Me will be for you all too soon fulfilled. Yet a little while and we part company--for ever; for I go whither ye cannot come: nor, even when ye at length seek Him whom ye now despise, shall ye be able to find Him"--referring not to any penitential, but to purely selfish cries in their time of desperation.

‏ John 8:21

21-25. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, &c.--(See on Joh 7:33).