Matthew 24:38

For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that Noah entered the ark,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

37And as the days of Noah, so will the coming of the Son of man be.

39and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be.

Read all of Matthew 24

Cross References

Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection of the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven.

Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite the servants and the maidens of his lord; and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunk;

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

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 24:38