They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage (ησθιον, επινον, εγαμουν, εγαμιζοντο). Imperfects all of them vivi…

They did eat, they drank.—Better, as in Saint Matthew, they were eating and drinking, marrying, ...; the tense throughout…

Remember Lot's wife.

The Venerable Bede: The coming of our Lord, which He had compared to lightning flying swiftly across the heavens, He now compar…

Jesus’ references to Noah and Lot serve to illustrate the suddenness of the revelation of the Son of Man. The words “eating, drinking,” etc., descr…

They did eat, they drank
That is, the inhabitants of the old world ate and drank, not merely in a common way, with m…

The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, established in the heart by the power of Divine g…