Luke 17:27

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Cross-references

Luke 12:20 Parallel

In Luke 12:20, God demands the fool's life that very night — mirroring the sudden destruction that ended the feasting of Noah's generation.

Luke 12:19 Parallel

In Luke 12:19, the rich fool plans to eat, drink, be merry — same carefree attitude as Noah's generation just before judgment struck.

In Luke 16:19-23, the rich man feasts daily but ends in torment — illustrating how earthly pleasures like those of Noah's day do not avert judgment.

Luke 20:34 Contrast

Luke 20:34 uses the identical phrase 'marry and are given in marriage' but in a teaching about resurrection, not judgment.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 warns that sudden destruction comes when people say 'peace and safety' – the same unexpected judgment as the flood.

Isaiah 22:12-14 describes people feasting instead of repenting, saying 'let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die' – the exact attitude of Noah's generation.

Matthew 24:37 is the parallel account of this same saying, explicitly comparing Noah's days to the coming of the Son of Man.

2 Peter 3:6 Historical context

2 Peter 3:6 directly references the flood that destroyed the world, confirming the judgment event in Noah's days.

2 Peter 2:5 Historical context

2 Peter 2:5 refers to the same flood event, adding that Noah was a preacher of righteousness and the world was ungodly.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 describes sudden destruction when people say 'peace and safety'—the same pattern of normal life then sudden judgment.

Genesis 6:17 is God's announcement of the flood that would destroy all flesh – the judgment that came upon the unwarned generation.

Genesis 7:23 Historical context

Genesis 7:23 describes the flood that destroyed all life — the very event Jesus references as a warning of sudden judgment.

Genesis 7:10 Historical context

Genesis 7:10 states that after seven days the flood came – the timing of the judgment that destroyed them all, as Jesus recounts.

Genesis 7:7 Citation

Genesis 7:7 shows Noah and his family entering the ark – the exact moment Jesus refers to, just before the flood came.

In 1 Sam 25:36-38, Nabal feasts and drinks, then is struck dead — akin to Noah's generation destroyed suddenly while still eating and drinking.

Job 21:9-13 shows the wicked living in prosperity and peace, mirroring the complacent people in Noah's day who were suddenly destroyed.

In Deuteronomy 8:12-14, prosperity leads to pride and forgetting the Lord — mirroring the complacency of Noah's generation who lived for the moment.

In Deuteronomy 6:10-12, God warns against forgetting Him when prosperous — the same forgetfulness that characterized Noah's generation before the flood.