Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Matthew 24:39
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.
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.
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...
12. THE OLIVET DISCOURSE; THE KING REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE KINGDOM. Chapter s 24-25. CHAPTER 24 1. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. (Matthew 24:1 .) 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mat...
MATTHEW 24 F. THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE, AND THE PARABLES OF PAROUSIA (Mark 13*, Luke 21:5 *, Luke 17:23). Mt. follows Mk. fairly closely, but appends other eschatological sayings and illustrative...
THE VISION OF THINGS TO COME (Matthew 24:1-31) We have already seen that it is one of the great characteristics of Matthew that he gathers together in large blocks the teaching of Jesus about differe...
"Learn the lesson which comes from the fig tree. Whenever the branch has become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you too see these things, know that he is...
UNTIL. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 7-11)....
THE COMING OF CHRIST; THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS More briefly reported in Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36...
Ver 36. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38. For as in the day...
_THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS MATTHEW 24:34-44_ : Jesus said you can use leaves coming on a fig tree to know that summer is near. He used that illustration to let the people know that the desolation...
ΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти, ΉΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΊΡΩ (G142) поднимать, забирать. О времени Ноя и потопе в иудаизме _см._ S...
BUT AS THE DAYS OF NOE, &C.— The _days of Noah_ signify the days in which he preached to the old world that righteousness which they ought to have practised, and denounced the judgments of God to fall...
III. CHRIST'S SECOND COMING (24:36-25:46) A. The Date Known but to God (24:36) (Parallel: Mark 13:32) 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but...
B. Stories Illustrating Important Features of the Final End-Times 1. Illustration From Life Before the Flood: Business As Usual (24:37-42) Matthew 24:37 AND AS WERE THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO SHALL BE THE C...
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best appreh...
29-31 Compare Mar_13:24-26; Luk_21:26-27. 29 See Rev_6:12-17; Isa_13:10; Joe_2:30-31; Joe_3:15; Amo_5:20. 29 Israel goes through the great affliction, and watches for the Son of Mankind, Who will sta...
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE END OF THE WORLD FORETOLD 1. Jesus went out] RV 'Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,' etc. THE BUILDINGS] The magnificent...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE END OF THE WORLD (Mark 13:8; Luke 21:7). Many of the most serious difficulties of this great discourse disappear when it is realised that our Lo...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 24 JESUS TELLS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE *TEMPLE 24:1-2 V1 Then Jesus left the *Temple. He was walking away when his *disciples came u...
SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. — The words justify the interpretation given above of Matthew 24:29. If the “signs” of the Advent were to be phenomena visible to the eye of sense, there...
CHAPTER 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...
οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, they did not know, scil., that the flood was coming till it was on them....
_Watch therefore_ (_cf._ Luke 17:26-30; Luke 17:34-36)....
WORDS THAT MUST BE FULFILLED Matthew 24:29-39 The preceding portion of this prophecy is by all interpreters applied to the destruction of Jerusalem. But on the portion that follows there is a consid...
Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building would be demolished so that no single stone would be left u...
And they thought not of the deluge, though preached and predicted by Noe, (which rendered their ignorance and incredulity inexcusable) till it came and swept them all away. So shall it be at the comin...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until th...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
39._And knew not until the deluge came. _The source and cause of their ignorance was, that unbelief had blinded their minds; as, on the other hand, we are informed by the Apostle, that _Noah _beheld a...
We have already seen that the rejection of the testimony to the kingdom in grace, is the cause of the judgment that falls upon Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Now in chapter 24 we have the position of...
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...
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Ver. 39. _And knew not_] _i.e._ They took no knowledge of Noah's predictions, or their own pe...
_But as the days of Noe were_, &c. As then they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till they were surprised by the flood, notwithstanding the frequent warnings and admonitions...
AND KNEW NOT UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME, AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY, SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE...
The time of Judgment Day:...
He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the w...
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 i...
Ver. 37-39. Luke hath much the same, LUKE 17:26,27, where he also saith, it shall be as _in the days of Lot; _ but I shall consider what he saith, which seemeth spoken at another time, and upon anothe...
Matthew 24:39 and G2532 not G3756 know G1097 (G5627) until G2193 flood G2627 came G2064 (G5627) and...
“For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they did not know until the flood ca...
HIS COMING, OF WHICH HE DOES NOT KNOW THE TIME, WILL BE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED (24:37-41). Just as in the days of Noah the coming of the flood was sudden and unexpected, so also will be the coming of...
WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-51). a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly destroyed (Matthew 24:...
Matthew 24:39. KNEW not. Even after Noah was in the ark, their unbelief continued ; so men will persist in unbelief, despite the fear mentioned in Luke 21:24-25 ; will at least go on as if unconcerned...
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _...
Matthew 24:39 The Moral of Accidents. I. They who search those common Scriptures, the newspapers, will find many things that will trouble their hearts too much, if these hearts be susceptible and sym...
CONTENTS: Destruction of the temple foretold. The course of the present age outlined; its culmination in the great tribulation and followed by the return of Christ in power and glory. Parable of the f...
Matthew 24:1. _The buildings of the temple._ Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the second t...
JUST AS IN THE DAYS. The Flood came as a surprise! [It had probably never rained before (Genesis 2:6).] Just so, no one will be expecting Jesus when he comes (Matthew 24:43). Life will be going on as...
_And took them all away._ THE MORAL OF ACCIDENTS I. What are we to think? Let us now collect and enumerate a few thoughts that we ought to think when we are considering sad things that happen. 1. H...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:1 The Delay, Return, and Judgment of the Messiah. These two chapters are often called the “Olivet Discourse” because Jesus “sat on the Mount of Olives” when he spoke these w...
Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Matthew 24:36_ The uncertainty of the end.—We ought to know the season, we cannot know the moment, of the “appearing” of Christ. So the Saviour teaches us here. “Of...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 24:1 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END. ...
Now Jesus went out (Matthew 24:1), Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to see me again until you ar...
2 Peter 3:5; Acts 13:41; Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 44:18; Isaiah 44:19;...