Matthew 24:39

Matthew 24:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• New International Version (NIV)and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Context of Matthew 24:39

37As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. 38For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be. 40Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left.

Matthew 24:39 word by word

καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• knewγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• notοὐou · noG3756
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• the floodὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the floodκατακλυσμόςkataklusmos · floodG2627
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• tookαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• them allἅπαςhapas · allG537
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• shallεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• of the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Matthew 24:39

• Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.
• Judges 20:34Then ten thousand fit young men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was about to strike them.
• Proverbs 23:35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn’t know it! When will I wake up? I’ll look for another drink.”
• Proverbs 24:12If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,” won’t he who weighs hearts consider it? Won’t he who protects your life know? Won’t he repay a person according to his work?
• Proverbs 29:7The righteous person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.
• Isaiah 42:25So he poured out his furious anger and the power of war on Jacob. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it; it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.
• Isaiah 44:18Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and their minds so they cannot understand.
• Luke 19:44They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”
• John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.
• Acts 13:41Look, you scoffers, marvel and vanish away, because I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.”
• Romans 1:28And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
• 2 Peter 3:5They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39And knew not - They considered not - did not lay Noah's warning to heart, till it was too late to profit by it: so shall it be - and so it was in this coming of the Son of man.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39They knew not - That is, they knew not the exact time until it came upon them. So, says he, it shall be when the Son of man shall come. They shall not know “the precise time” until he comes, and then they will be found engaged in the ordinary business of life unconcerned.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-41Verses 29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at his second coming, a sign…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-41The second coming of Jesus will surprise people, just like the flood of Noah did (Genesis 7). The only way to be ready is to live consistently alert and obedient (compare Luke 17:26–27, 34–35).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 24:39

• Antediluvians
• Earth
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
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• Desolation
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• Lo
• Matthew, Gospel according to
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Commentaries on Matthew 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings