Matthew 24:38

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 were the days of Noah, so indeed shall be the coming of the Son of man.

39and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are as angels of God in heaven:

Luke 12:45But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;

Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will 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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