Matthew 24:38

24:38 For in those days before the flood, people ¹  were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

Luke 17:27

17:27 People ²  were eating, ³  they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then ⁴  the flood came and destroyed them all. ⁵ 

Luke 17:1

Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service

17:1 Jesus ⁶  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ⁷  to the one through whom they come!

Luke 3:20

3:20 Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

¹ tn Grk “they,” but in an indefinite sense, “people.”

² tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

³ tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.

⁶ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ sn See Luke 6:24-26.