Matthew 24:39 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 24:39

And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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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 Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 56 (253)

All who listen to the depths of the gospel and live it so completely that none of it remains veiled from them care very little about whether the end of the world will come suddenly and all at once or gradually and little by little. Instead, they bear in mind only that each individual's end or death will arrive on a day and hour unknown to him and that upon each one of us "the day of the Lord will come like a thief."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The angel that delivered this prophecy to Daniel, stirred him up to know and understand, Dan. ix. And we must not despair of understanding even dark prophecies; the great New-Testament prophecy is called a revelation, not a secret.

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

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔγνωσαν	egnōsan	they knew	G1097 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κατακλυσμὸς	kataklusmos	flood	G2627 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἦρεν	ēren	took away	G142 →
ἅπαντας,	hapantas	all,	G537 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
παρουσία	parousia	coming	G3952 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
υἱοῦ	huiou	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου.¶	anthrōpou	of Man.	G444 →

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
Acts 13:41
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:5
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- 1 Peter 4:17
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
Through
John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:11–13
  Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- John 7:7
  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Job 24:13–17
  Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Through
Matthew 24:37
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
leads to
- Luke 17:26–27
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Genesis 6:1–7
  Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Through
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according…
leads to
- Job 34:11
  For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew