Matthew 24:38
For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,—until the day Noah entered into the ark;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
37For, just as the days of Noah, so, will be the presence of the Son of Man;
Cross References
Genesis 7:7So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him into the ark,—from before the waters of the flood,
1 Samuel 30:16So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land,—eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Ezekiel 16:49Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,— Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.
Matthew 22:30For, in the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but, as messengers in the heaven, are they.
Luke 12:45But, if that servant should say in his heart—My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens,—to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk,
Luke 17:26And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so, will it be, even 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 →