vER.26—30. ST.LUKE. 591 suffertheLife-givingPassion,then to ascend to the Father and shineforthfrom above,that He might judge the world inrighteousness.Hence He adds,But firstmust He suffer many things,and be rejectedofthisgeneration. BEDE. He means the generationnot only of the Jews,but alsoofallwicked men, by whom even now in His owu body, thatis,His Church,the Son of man suffersmany things,and isrejected.But whileHe spake many thingsof His coming inglory,He insertssomething alsoconcerningHis Passion, thatwhen men saw Him dying,whom they had heard would be glorified,they might both soothe theirsorrow for His sufferingsby the hope of the promised glory,and at the sametime preparethemselves,ifthey lovethe gloriesof His kingdom,to look withoutalarm upon the horrorsof death. 26.And as itwas in thedaysof Noe, so shallit bealsointhe daysoftheSon ofman. 27.They did eat,they drank,they marriedwives, theywere givenin marriage,untilthe day thatNoe enteredintothe ark,and the floodcame, and de stroyedthem all. 28.Likewisealsoas itwas in the days of Lot ; theydid eat,they drank, they bought,they sold, theyplanted,theybuilded: 29. But the same day thatLot went outofSodom itrainedfireand brimstonefrom heaven,and de stroyedthem all. 30.Even thusshallitbe intheday when theSon ofman isrevealed. BEDE. The coming of our Lord, which He had compared tolightningflyingswiftlyacrossthe heavens,He now likens tothe days of Noah and Lot, when a sudden destruction came upon mankind. CHRYS. For refusingto believethe Clirj-s. wordsof warning they were suddenly visitedwith a realJJ0g•I- punishmentfrom God ; but theirunbeliefproceeded from 1-»d self-indulgence,and softnessof mind. For such as a man's wishesand inclinationsare,will alsobe his expectations. Thereforeitfollows,theyeatand drank.