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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/matthew/24.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For as <i>were</i> the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But as the days of Noe <i>were</i>, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But as the days of Noah <i>were,</i> so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the coming of the Son of Man (the Messiah) will be just like the days of Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When the Son of Man comes again, it will be exactly like the days of Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But as the days of Noah were, so will also the coming of the Son of man be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and as the days of Noah—so will also be the coming of the Son of Man;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/24.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For as <i>were</i> the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And as the days of Noe, so shall be the arrival of the Son of man.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Just as in the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/24.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But just as the days of Noah, so will the coming of The Son of Man be.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/24.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But as the days of Noah were, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/24.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>But as were the days of Noah, so indeed shall be the coming of the Son of man.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/24.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/24.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />as the days of Noe were, so shall also the advent of the son of man be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/24.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/24.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>For as the days of Noe <i>were</i>, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/24.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>for as the days of Noah <Fr><i>were,</i><FR> so shall be also the coming of the Son of man;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/24-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=7351" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/24.htm">Readiness at Any Hour</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36</span>No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/5618.htm" title="5618: hōsper (Adv) -- Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.">As it was</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">in the</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerai (N-NFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3575.htm" title="3575: Nōe (N-GMS) -- (Hebrew) Noah. Of Hebrew origin; Noe, a patriarch.">Noah,</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">so</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">will it be</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">at the</a> <a href="/greek/3952.htm" title="3952: parousia (N-NFS) -- From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect.">coming</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huiou (N-GMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpou (N-GMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of Man.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">38</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5-8</a></span><br />Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. / And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. / So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">Genesis 7:6-24</a></span><br />Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth. / And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. / The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11-13</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. / And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways. / Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17-18</a></span><br />And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. / But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1-5</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. / You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; / and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11-12</a></span><br />In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. / And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Genesis 7:21-23</a></span><br />And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind. / Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. / And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></span><br />But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15-19</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah, / “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives. / Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Genesis 9:11-17</a></span><br />And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” / And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: / I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1-7:24</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-15.htm">Job 22:15-17</a></b></br> Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26,27</a></b></br> And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Noe</a> <a href="/matthew/24-27.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/matthew/24-36.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Noe</a> <a href="/matthew/24-39.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-1.htm">Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-3.htm">what and how great calamities shall be before it;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">the signs of his coming to judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-36.htm">And because that day and hour are unknown,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/24-42.htm">we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As it was in the days of Noah</b><br>This phrase draws a direct parallel between the time of Noah and the future coming of the Son of Man. In <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5-8</a>, the days of Noah are characterized by widespread wickedness and corruption. The earth was filled with violence, and every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. This context suggests a period of moral decay and spiritual apathy, which serves as a warning for future generations. The days of Noah also involved divine judgment through the flood, which was both sudden and comprehensive. This historical event is used as a typology for the final judgment, emphasizing the need for vigilance and righteousness.<p><b>so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man</b><br>The "coming of the Son of Man" refers to the second advent of Jesus Christ, a central theme in eschatological teachings. The phrase "Son of Man" is a messianic title that Jesus frequently used for Himself, drawing from <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a>, where the Son of Man is given authority, glory, and sovereign power. The comparison to Noah's time implies that the return of Christ will occur in a world similarly indifferent to spiritual matters, with people engaged in everyday activities, unaware of the impending judgment. This serves as a call to readiness and faithfulness, as the exact timing of this event is unknown, echoing the suddenness of the flood in Noah's day. The passage underscores the importance of being spiritually prepared for Christ's return, as it will be unexpected and decisive.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood due to his faithfulness and obedience. His life and actions are a foreshadowing of the end times.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_days_of_noah.htm">The Days of Noah</a></b><br>A period characterized by widespread wickedness and disregard for God, leading to divine judgment through the flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_son_of_man.htm">The Son of Man</a></b><br>A title Jesus uses for Himself, emphasizing His role in the divine plan and His return at the end of the age.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A cataclysmic event that served as God's judgment on a sinful world, sparing only Noah and his family.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_coming_of_the_son_of_man.htm">The Coming of the Son of Man</a></b><br>Refers to the second coming of Jesus Christ, a future event when He will return to judge the living and the dead.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_and_preparedness.htm">Vigilance and Preparedness</a></b><br>Just as Noah was prepared for the flood, believers must be spiritually vigilant and ready for Christ's return.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/moral_decay_and_divine_judgment.htm">Moral Decay and Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The moral state of the world in Noah's time serves as a warning of the consequences of widespread sin and the certainty of divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>Noah's faith led to his salvation. Similarly, believers are called to live by faith and obedience to God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unexpected_timing.htm">Unexpected Timing</a></b><br>The return of Christ will be sudden and unexpected, emphasizing the need for constant readiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contrast_with_the_world.htm">Contrast with the World</a></b><br>Believers are called to live differently from the world, just as Noah did, standing firm in righteousness amidst corruption.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">As the days of Noe were.</span>--Here again we note an interesting coincidence with the Epistles of St. Peter, both of which teem, more than any other portions of the New Testament, with references to the history to which the mind of the writer had been directed by his Master's teaching, <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm" title="Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.">1Peter 3:20</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm" title="And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;">2Peter 2:5</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm" title="Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:">2Peter 3:6</a>. This is, perhaps, all the more noticeable from the fact that the report of the discourse in St. Mark does not give the reference, neither indeed does that in St. Luke, but substitutes for it a general warning-call to watchfulness and prayer. Possibly (though all such conjectures are more or less arbitrary) the two Evangelists who were writing for the Gentile Christians were led to omit the allusion to a history which was not so familiar to those whom they had in view as it was to the Hebrew readers of St. Matthew's Gospel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As the days of Noe were.</span> In citing this example, the Lord has special reference to the fact that the warning then given was not heeded (<a href="/genesis/6-3.htm">Genesis 6:3</a>). If, as seems probable, the antediluvians had more than a century's warning of the coming flood, it can hardly be only the suddenness of the calamity to which Christ would point (<a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a>). He has used the illustration elsewhere (<a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26, 27</a>), where also the destruction of Sodom is adduced as a type of the last day. So shall also The parousia of Christ shall fall on a world incredulous and heedless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/24-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">As [it was]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὥσπερ</span> <span class="translit">(hōsper)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5618.htm">Strong's 5618: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the</span><br /><span class="grk">αἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέραι</span> <span class="translit">(hēmerai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Noah,</span><br /><span class="grk">Νῶε</span> <span class="translit">(Nōe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3575.htm">Strong's 3575: </a> </span><span class="str2">(Hebrew) Noah. Of Hebrew origin; Noe, a patriarch.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="grk">οὕτως</span> <span class="translit">(houtōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will it be</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔσται</span> <span class="translit">(estai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡ</span> <span class="translit">(hē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">coming</span><br /><span class="grk">παρουσία</span> <span class="translit">(parousia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3952.htm">Strong's 3952: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Son</span><br /><span class="grk">Υἱοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Huiou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Man.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνθρώπου</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. 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