26 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
See the notes at Matthew 24:37-39.
As it was in the days of Noe - See on Matthew 24:38 (note).
(10) And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
(10) The world will be taken by surprise with the sudden judgment of God, and therefore the faithful ought to continually watch.
And as it was in the days of Noe,.... Whilst he was building the ark, and before he went into it; for this respects the days of Noah before the flood, and not after it; for he lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, Genesis 9:28
so shall it be also in the days of the son of man; some time before, and at his coming in power, and great glory, to destroy the Jews, their nation, city, and temple; and as then, so it will be when he shall come in person, at the last day, to destroy the world: the times of Noah's flood, of Jerusalem's destruction, and of the end of the world, bear a great resemblance to each other: and when the son of man comes in either of these senses, then will the kingdom of God come; or then will it appear that the Messiah is come, and has took to himself his great power, and reigns.
eat . . . married . . . planted--all the ordinary occupations and enjoyments of life. Though the antediluvian world and the cities of the plain were awfully wicked, it is not their wickedness, but their worldliness, their unbelief and indifference to the future, their unpreparedness, that is here held up as a warning. Note.--These recorded events of Old Testament history--denied or explained away nowadays by not a few--are referred to here as facts.
The days of the Son of man - Those which immediately follow that which is eminently styled his day. Matthew 24:37.
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