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

37Remember what happened when Noah was alive. It will be like that when the Son of Man returns to the earth. 38In Noah's time, in the days before the flood, people were eating their meals every day. Men married women and women married men. They continued to do all these things until the day that Noah went into his big boat. The people did not know what would happen. Then rain fell for a long time and all these people died in the deep water. When the Son of Man returns, it will happen quickly in the same way. 40At that time, it will be like this: Two men will be working in a field. God will take one man away, but he will leave the other man behind. 41Two women will be preparing food together in the same place. God will take one of them away, but he will leave the other woman behind.

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 13:13The reason I use stories to talk to other people is this: These people look. But they do not really see clearly. They hear the words. But they do not really understand.
• Judges 20:3410,000 Israelite soldiers who knew how to fight well attacked Gibeah. There was a big battle. The men of Benjamin did not realize that they were in a lot of trouble.
• Proverbs 23:35You will say, ‘Somebody must have hit me, but I do not remember what happened. I need to wake up soon and have another drink.’
• Proverbs 24:12You may say, ‘We did not know what was happening.’ But God knows your thoughts. He carefully watches your life and he knows what you are doing. He will pay back to you whatever you deserve.
• Proverbs 29:7Righteous people want poor people to receive justice. But wicked people do not understand things like that.
• Isaiah 42:25So the Lord was very angry with them. He punished them with a cruel war. His anger was like a fire all round them, but they did not understand what he was doing. His anger burned them, but they did not learn their lesson.
• Isaiah 44:18People like that are stupid. They do not understand anything. They cannot see the truth, as if they are blind. Their minds cannot think properly.
• Luke 19:44So your enemies will knock you down. They will completely destroy your city and all the people who live in it. They will not leave even one stone on top of another stone. You did not understand that God had come to save you at this time. That is why these bad things will happen to you.’
• John 3:20Everyone who does evil things hates the light. A person like that will not come to the light because he is afraid. He does not want the bad things that he has done to show clearly.
• Acts 13:41“Listen to me, you people who laugh at God! You will be surprised at the great things that I do. And then you will die. I am working now, while you are still alive. But still you will not believe what is true. Even if someone explains everything to you, you will never believe.” ’
• Romans 1:28Those people decided that they did not need to know anything about God. So God let their minds become spoiled. As a result, they do bad things that people ought not to do.
• 2 Peter 3:5These people choose to forget things that they really know. A long time ago, God spoke his word and he made the sky and the earth. He caused land to come up through water. He made the land to be separate from the 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

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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