Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 17:37

"And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together." — Luke 17:37 (ASV)

Where, Lord?—The question comes in naturally here, where the future had been foreshadowed in parables and dark sayings. It would not have been natural in Matthew 24:28, where the whole context determined the locality of which our Lord was speaking.

Wheresoever the body is.—See Note on Matthew 24:28, the only variation being the use of “body” instead of “carcass.” The repetition of the half-proverbial saying at a later period indicates its importance as a law of God’s government. Men ask where His judgments fall, and the answer is that they fall wherever they are needed.