One Shall Be Taken, And the Other Left

LUKE 17:36,37
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he saith
unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be
gathered together.

We are usually told that these verses talk about the rapture: that one person is "taken" into the air to meet the Lord, while the other is "left" to face Tribulation.

But notice that upon hearing Jesus say this, the disciples asked, “Where Lord?" to which Jesus replied by mentioning dead bodies and vultures. How is that an answer, if He was talking about the rapture?

Is it possible that the ones who are "taken" are those who are in fact killed, while it is the ones who are "left" who are actually the survivors? I'm not sure.

If this was talking about the rapture, why would the disciples be told to flee into the hills? They wouldn’t be here any more – by that time they’d be halfway in the air!

Is it possible that Jesus was hereby predicting the terrible siege of Jerusalem which took place exactly as described, in AD70, an event which the Lord described as "Great Tribulation"?

Or is it possible that it described sufferings down throughout history, some of which may or may not be yet future.

If so, then these verses actually may not be talking about the rapture at all, nor about a future Great Tribulation. Just a thought.