Matthew 24:39

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

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

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13For this cause I discourse to them in similitudes, because they see and do not see, and they hear and do not hear, nor understand.

Luke 19:44And they 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, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though a man relate 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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