Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 17:27

"They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all." — Luke 17:27 (ASV)

They did eat, they drank.—Better, as in Saint Matthew, they were eating and drinking, marrying, ...; the tense throughout implies continuous and repeated action.

The flood.—The Greek word is always used in the New Testament for Noah’s deluge, a meaning stamped upon it by its use in the LXX version in Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:6–7; Genesis 7:10; Genesis 7:17.