Matthew 24:27

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.

Cross References

Job 37:3

He beholds everything under the heavens, and his light reaches beyond the ends of the earth.

Job 38:35

Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: "Here we are?"

Isaiah 30:30

And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and, with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire, he will reveal the terror of his arm. He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.

Ezekiel 1:14

And the living creatures went and returned like flashes of lightning.

Zechariah 9:14

And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.

Malachi 3:2

And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb.

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, before the arrival of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man will arrive in the glory of his Father, with his Angels. And then he will repay each one according to his works.

Matthew 16:28

Amen I say to you, there are some among those standing here, who shall not taste death, until they see the Son of man arriving in his reign."

Matthew 24:26

Therefore, if they will have said to you, 'Behold, he is in the desert,' do not choose to go out, or, 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not be willing to believe it.

Matthew 24:3

Then, when he was seated at the Mount of Olives, the disciples drew near to him privately, saying: "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your advent and of the consummation of the age?"

Matthew 24:37

And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:39

And they did not realize it, until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the advent of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:44

For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to rest his head."

James 5:8

Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.

2 Peter 3:4

saying: "Where is his promise or his advent? For from the time that the fathers have slept, all things have continued just as they were from the beginning of creation."