Luke 17:27

The Passion Translation

They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were given in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark and the devastating flood came and swept them all away.

Cross References

Genesis 7:23

All life on earth was blotted out—all that he had made, animals large and small, wild and domesticated, birds and reptiles, including humanity, was wiped off the face of the earth. Only Noah was left behind, and those who were in the ark with him.

Genesis 7:7

Noah and his wife and his sons and their wives boarded the ark to escape the flood.

Isaiah 21:4

My mind is reeling; I’m filled with panic. I longed for twilight, but now I tremble through the night.

Isaiah 47:11

An avalanche of evil will come upon you that no magic spell will be able to avert. Great disaster is about to fall upon you that you will not be able to ward off! Total devastation will strike you suddenly. It will happen so swiftly you won’t even see it coming!

Matthew 22:30

For after the resurrection, men and women will not marry, just like the angels of heaven don’t marry.

Luke 17:26

The same things that happened in the days of Noah will take place in the days of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:28

“The days of the Son of Man can also be compared to the days of Lot. The people of that time lived their lives as normal. They got married, raised families, built homes and businesses, yet they were totally unaware of what was coming until the day Lot departed from Sodom. The sky opened up and rained fire and burning sulfur upon them, destroying everyone and everything they had built. So it will be on the day of the unveiling of the Son of Man.