Matthew 24:39

and knew not, till the flood came and took them all away: so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

In Context

38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark,

40Then two men shall be in the field; one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

Luke 19:44and will destroy thee and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Acts 13:41Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though one fully declare it to you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →

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