21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
21 nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
21 Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."
21 nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
21 You won't be able to say, 'Here it is!' or 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is already among you. "
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 17:21
Commentary on Luke 17:20-37
(Read Luke 17:20-37)
The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as is here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judge the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in like manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, and remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who are marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgments of God.