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Noah
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
or NOAH.—The hero of the Hebrew version of the Semitic tradition of the Flood; mentioned twice in the Gospels. In the genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:36) he appears in the ninth generation after Adam, as in the OT narrative. The second mention is in Luke 17:26-27 || Matthew 24:37-38, where Jesus uses the Flood in the days of Noah to illustrate the sudden and unexpected coming of the Son of Man; the indifference of the people in the time of Noah is paralleled by the indifference of men to this approaching event.
The use of the illustration shows the familiarity of the Jews with the story of Noah. In the OT there is but the slightest mention of him outside of the immediate Flood-story in Genesis. The writer of Isaiah 54:9 describes the present distresses of Israel ‘as the waters of Noah,’ to be followed by peace, according to the unchangeable covenant of peace, as surely as the promise and the covenant followed the Flood. Ezekiel (Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20) knows of three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, efficient mediators to deliver the people by their righteousness; but in the present case, even the three shall be able to deliver only themselves (see also Hebrews 11:7).
O. H. Gates.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Noah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/n/noah.html. 1906-1918.
