Matthew 24:39

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܠܳܐ ܝܺܕ݂ܰܥܘ ܥܕ݂ܰܡܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܐܬ݂ܳܐ ܛܰܘܦ݂ܳܢܳܐ ܘܰܫܩܰܠ ܠܟ݂ܽܠܗܽܘܢ ܗܳܟ݂ܰܢܳܐ ܬ݁ܶܗܘܶܐ ܡܶܐܬ݂ܺܝܬ݂ܶܗ ܕ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܶܗ ܕ݁ܐ݈ܢܳܫܳܐ ܀

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Matthew 13:13-15, Judges 20:34, Proverbs 23:35, Proverbs 24:12, Proverbs 29:7, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 44:18, Isaiah 44:19, Luke 19:44, John 3:20, Acts 13:41, Romans 1:28, 2 Peter 3:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - bring Genesis 7:10 - waters Genesis 7:21 - General Joshua 8:3 - by night Joshua 8:14 - he wist not Judges 16:30 - and the house 1 Kings 1:41 - as they Job 21:13 - They Matthew 22:5 - one Luke 14:18 - I have Luke 21:34 - that day 2 Peter 3:6 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And knew not until the flood came,.... That is, they did not advert or give heed to what Noah said to them about it: they slighted and despised his warnings; they did not believe, that what he said of the flood was true; they had notice of it, but they would not know it, and therefore God gave them up to judicial blindness and hardness of heart; and so they remained, until it came upon them at once:

and took them all away; the whole world of the ungodly, every man, woman, and child, except eight persons only; Noah and his wife, and his three sons and their wives; for the deluge was universal, and reached to all the inhabitants of the world, who all perished in it, excepting the above persons.

So shall also the coming of the son of man be: such shall be, as it was, the case of the Jews, before the destruction of Jerusalem: they gave themselves up to all manner of wickedness and uncleanness; they disregarded the warnings of Christ and his apostles; they were careless and secure of danger; they would not believe their ruin was at hand, when it was just upon them; they buoyed themselves up to the very last, that a deliverer would arise, and save them; they cried peace, peace, when sudden destruction was nigh; even of them all, their nation, city, and temple, a few only excepted, as in the days of Noah: and though they were so much like the men of that generation, yet they themselves say of them, that

"the generation of the flood have no part in the world to come, nor shall they stand in judgment, according to Genesis 6:3 o.''

o Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 39. And 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.