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  • Luke 17:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 On being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming,+ he answered them: “The Kingdom of God is not coming with striking observableness;

  • Luke 17:20
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 20 ᾿Επερωτηθεὶς Requested upon δὲ but ὑπὸ by τῶν the Φαρισαίων Pharisees πότε when ἔρχεται is coming ἡ the βασιλεία kingdom τοῦ of the θεοῦ God ἀπεκρίθη he answered αὐτοῖς to them καὶ and εἶπεν said Οὐκ Not ἔρχεται is coming ἡ the βασιλεία kingdom τοῦ of the θεοῦ God μετὰ with παρατηρήσεως, observing beside,

  • Luke 17:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 But on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming,+ he answered them and said: “The kingdom of God is not coming with striking observableness,

  • Luke 17:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20 And, having the question “When is the Reign of God to come?” put to him by the Pharisees, he answered them “The Reign of God is not to come under watching,

  • Luke 17:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

  • Luke 17:20
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 20 And being questioned by the Pharisees When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said—The kingdom of God cometh not with narrow watching;

  • Luke 17:20
    King James Version
    • 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 17:20 jy 218; gt chapter 93; w89 6/15 8

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 17:20 w64 576; w62 431; w53 118; w51 595; tf 299; g41 8/6 2

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 17:20

      Jesus—The Way, p. 218

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/1989, p. 8

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 17:20

      with striking observableness: The Greek expression used here occurs only once in the Christian Greek Scriptures and is derived from a verb meaning “to watch closely; to observe.” According to some scholars, medical writers used this expression when they described watching the symptoms of disease. The way the word is used here seems to convey the idea that the Kingdom of God is not coming in a way that is obvious to all.

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