Note the same sharp contrast between the imperfects here (ate ησθιον,

drank επινον,

bought …

They did eat, etc. They were busy with the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot.—The illustration does not occur in the otherwise parallel passage of Matthew …

Remember Lot's wife.

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Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot
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