Unlike Matthew (24:3–25:46) and Mark (13:3–37), Luke scatters his materials concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, the last days, and the return of Jesus as Son of Man in at least five different locations (13:34–35; 17:20–37; 19:41–45; 21:7–36; 23:28–31). The passage presently under consideration (17:20–37) is paralleled at many points in Matthew (10:39; 16:21; 24:17, 18, 23, 26–28, 37, 39–41) and in Mark (8:31; 13:15–16, 21).

17:20–21 The first part of this section is that part which actually relates directly to the kingdom of God. What follows in vv. 22–37 may more appropriately be regarded as material concerned with the return of the “Son of Man” and should be viewed, as Fitzmyer (p. 1158) has contended, as “something different” from the kingdom material in vv. 20–21. Nevertheless, b…