Luke 17:33

33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses [it] will keep it.

Luke 17:33 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 17:33

Whosoever shall seek to save his life
By fleeing to some strong hold, or by continuing in the metropolis, and strongest city in the nation, Jerusalem:

shall lose it:
there he will be in the greatest danger:

and whosoever shall lose his life;
or expose it to danger, by fleeing to the mountains, or going to Pella, a small town beyond Jordan, of no strength, and where there might be thought no security;

shall preserve it; he shall be safe; (See Gill on Matthew 16:25).

Luke 17:33 In-Context

31 On that day, whoever is on the housetop and his goods [are] in the house must not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who [is] in the field must not turn back

32 Remember Lot's wife!

33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses [it] will keep it.

34 I tell you that in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

35 There will be two [women] grinding at the same [place]; one will be taken and the other will be left."

Footnotes

• [a] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation