There were 8 apple in the ark.
When noah entered "they" would be the proper label.
John boarded the bout and They took off.
Only if noah was alone would "he" be used
Yeah, but I'm trying to explain
why it would be [is]
written as it is.
To emphasize that the
"they [plural]" speaks of the "plurals"
already REFERENCED in this text (which would be the
"people [plural]" in verse 38... who would be the ones that "and
they knew not UNTIL"... which agrees with what 1 Peter 3:19-20 also refers to [when it refers to them (the lost/unsaved) as being "disobedient"
not "entirely and wholly IGNORANT"...but Noah KNEW what was coming up--the flood judgment--and "preached" unto them by means of the Spirit, per this 1Pet3 text]).
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Consider also (alongside my points
re: Matt24:38-39's use of the word
"G142"):
"took [/take; G142]" (as used in the following) -
Revelation 18:21 - "And one mighty angel
took up [G142] a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: 'Thus Babylon will be cast down with violence, the great city, and shall never be found any longer."
1 Corinthians 5:2 - "And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed
might be taken away [G142] from among you."
Acts 8:33 [2x] (Isa53:8) - "In his humiliation his judgment
was taken away [G142]: and who shall declare his generation? for his life
is taken [G142] from the earth."
John 11:48 - "If we shall let Him alone like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and
will take away [G142] both our place and nation."
[/B]So, as I see it, it depends on "who" is doing the "taking" and "to what end / for what purpose"[/B]
(whether a "positive" or a "negative" kind of thing)
["extra credit" for those who don't mind reading extra
: see that this Matthew 24 passage,
along with their Q of Him in Matt24:3 which was BASED ON what He had ALREADY spoken to them about (in the EARLIER setting of, and
about) the
Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50 context, when
the angels will
"REAP" [
note: this does not take place at our Rapture event!]... that this is when "HE
SHALL SEND" His angels to do "this" and "that"
, but in our Rapture context, it is specifically stated to be "the Lord HIMSELF" and we [alone, "AS ONE"] will experience "OUR
episynagoges UNTO HIM" to the meeting of the Lord... IN THE AIR, and takes place in the EXACT OPPOSITE SEQUENCE from that of Matt13/Matt24
… in Matt13:30, Matt13:40-43, Matt13:49 where it says "
sever the wicked from among the just"... "the just" are not going anywhere, in this context, but "the wicked" are "sever[ed]... from among" them
… again, this is at "His Second Coming
to the earth" time-slot [NOT our Rapture]--This is how I'm seeing it
)]