Matthew 24:38

For as before the deluge they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, until the day that Nûch went into the ark;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

In Context

37But as the days of Nûch, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

39and knew not till the deluge came, and carried them all away; so shalt be the advent of the Son of man.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection of the dead, they take not wives, neither are wives to husbands; but as the angels of Aloha in heaven are they.

Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come, and shall begin to beat the servants and the handmaids of his lord, and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunken;

Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Nuch, so will it be in the days of the Son of man;

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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