Matthew 24:38

At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

37`For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

39nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:30For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.

Luke 12:45But if that servant should say in his heart, `My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess;

Luke 17:26"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time 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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