What Does Luke 17:29 Mean in the King James?
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Lot’s departure and Sodom’s destruction happen on the same day: one moment holds escape and total loss side by side.
THE MEANING
Lot goes out, and fire and brimstone fall on those remaining in Sodom. The verse holds departure and catastrophe within a single day, with no pause between them. It speaks now as a stark image of how abruptly a settled world can end.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A settled routine does not guarantee that everything will continue as it is; the verse places total loss on the very day that begins with Lot’s exit.
THE ROOT
ἀπώλεσεν
apōlesen
GROWS FROM
ἀπόλλυμι
apollymi
To destroy, perish, or lose.
The Greek verb translated “destroyed” also carries the meanings “perish” and “be lost,” holding destruction and loss within one word. Here, “them all” makes that loss total.
ALSO GROWS
apōleia: destruction, ruin, or loss
ἀπώλεια
This noun from the same word family keeps the verse’s catastrophe connected to the broader idea of loss.
apolōlos: lost or perished
ἀπολωλός
This form shows the same root describing a state of being lost, not only an act that destroys.
THE PATTERN
A moment of rupture can place ordinary life and sudden loss within the same day.
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.THE THREAD
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.The Greek word translated “perish” in John 3:16 comes from the same verb family as “destroyed” here. John sets that loss against life, revealing how the word in Luke names more than damage: it speaks of perishing.
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