Mattheüs 24:37

37 En gelijk de dagen van Noach waren, alzo zal ook zijn de toekomst van den Zoon des mensen.

Mattheüs 24:37 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:37

But as the days of Noe were
So Noah is usually called Noe by the Septuagint: the sense is, as were the practices of the men of that generation, in which Noah lived, so will be the practices of the men of that age, in which the son of man comes; or as the flood, which happened in the days of Noah, was sudden and unexpected; it came upon men thoughtless about it, though they had warning of it; and was universal, swept them all away, excepting a few that were saved in the ark: so shall also the coming of the son of man be;
to take vengeance on the Jews, on a sudden, at an unawares, when they would be unthoughtful about it; though they were forewarned of it by Christ and his apostles, and their destruction be as universal; all would be involved in it, excepting a few, that were directed a little before, to go out of the city of Jerusalem to Pella; where they were saved, as Noah and his family were in the ark.

Mattheüs 24:37 In-Context

35 De hemel en de aarde zullen voorbijgaan, maar Mijn woorden zullen geenszins voorbijgaan.

36 Doch van dien dag en die ure weet niemand, ook niet de engelen der hemelen, dan Mijn Vader alleen.

37 En gelijk de dagen van Noach waren, alzo zal ook zijn de toekomst van den Zoon des mensen.

38 Want gelijk zij waren in de dagen voor den zondvloed, etende en drinkende, trouwende en ten huwelijk uitgevende, tot den dag toe, in welken Noach in de ark ging;

39 En bekenden het niet, totdat de zondvloed kwam, en hen allen wegnam; alzo zal ook zijn de toekomst van de Zoon des mensen.