Matthew 24:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

American Standard Version (1901)

For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Common English Bible

Just as the lightning flashes from the east to the west, so it will be with the coming of the Human One.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For just as lightning goes out from the east, and appears even in the west, so shall it be also at the advent of the Son of man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:27 Cross References

Job 37:3

Under the whole heaven he lets it loose, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.

Job 38:35

Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Isaiah 30:30

And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.

Ezekiel 1:14

The living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.

Zechariah 9:14

Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;

Malachi 4:5

See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 16:27

“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done.

Matthew 16:28

Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Matthew 24:26

So, if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

Matthew 24:3

When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:37

For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:39

and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

James 5:8

You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”