Matthew 24:38 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 24:38

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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,

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

It is asked here, how it was said above, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, &c. when here only tokens of peace are spoken of as what shall be then? We must suppose, that after the wars and the other miseries which shall waste the human race, shall follow a short peace, offering rest and quiet to approve the faith of the believers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For as in the days that were before the flood,.... Not all the days before the flood, from the creation of the world; but those immediately preceding it, a century or two before it: they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage: not that these civil actions of life were criminal in themselves, had care been taken that they were not abused.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

There are verses in this passage which are often much misapplied. “The coming of the Son of Man” is frequently spoken of as being the same thing as death; the texts which describe the uncertainty of his coming are used in epitaphs, and thought suitable to the tomb. But there is no solid ground for such an application of this passage. Death is one thing, and the coming of the Son of Man is quite another. The subject of these verses is not death, but the second advent of Jesus Christ. Let us remember this.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὡς	hōs	As	G5613 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	they were	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραις	hēmerais	days	G2250 →
ἐκείναις	ekeinais	those	G1565 →
ταῖς	tais	<the>	G3588 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
κατακλυσμοῦ,	kataklusmou	flood,	G2627 →
τρώγοντες	trōgontes	eating	G5176 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίνοντες,	pinontes	drinking,	G4095 →
γαμοῦντες	gamountes	marrying	G1060 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γαμίζοντες,	gamizontes	giving in marriage,	G1061 →
ἄχρι	achri	until	G891 →
ἧς	hēs	that	G3739 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	day	G2250 →
εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	entered	G1525 →
Νῶε	Nōe	Noah	G3575 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κιβωτόν,	kibōton	ark,	G2787 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
leads to
- Psalms 82:6–7
  I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Romans 9:7–8
  Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- 2 Peter 2:14
  Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- 2 Samuel 11:2
  One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Through
Luke 12:45
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
leads to
- Matthew 24:48–50
  But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
- Jeremiah 20:2
  he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:8
  ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My…