Matthew 24:39
They didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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In Context
40At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
Cross References
Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
Luke 19:44they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Acts 13:41‘Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days – a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe’.”
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 →