Luke 17:37
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Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

wheresoever.

Job 39:29,30 From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. . . .

Daniel 9:26,27 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation. . . .

Amos 9:1-4 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . .

Zechariah 13:8,9 And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein. . . .

Zechariah 14:2 And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city.

Matthew 24:28 Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.

Revelation 19:17,18 And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God: . . .

Context
The Coming of the Kingdom
37Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Cross References
Job 39:30
Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.

Matthew 24:28
Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.

Lexicon
“Where,
Ποῦ (Pou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.

Lord?”
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

they asked.
ἀποκριθέντες (apokrithentes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

[Jesus] answered,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Wherever [there is]
Ὅπου (Hopou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3699: Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.

a
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

carcass,
σῶμα (sōma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

there
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

vultures
ἀετοὶ (aetoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 105: An eagle, bird of prey. From the same as aer; an eagle.

will gather.”
ἐπισυναχθήσονται (episynachthēsontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1996: To collect, gather together, assemble. From epi and sunago; to collect upon the same place.


Additional Translations
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

And answering, they say to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered together."

And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is , thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.

And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

And they answered and said to him, Where Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, thither will the eagles be collected.

"Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."

They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."

And they answering say to him, 'Where, sir?' and he said to them, 'Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.'
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