Matthew 24:27

Good News Translation

For the Son of Man will come like the lightning which flashes across the whole sky from the east to the west.

Cross References

Job 37:3

He sends the lightning across the sky, from one end of the earth to the other.

Job 38:35

And if you command the lightning to flash, will it come to you and say, “At your service”?

Isaiah 30:30

The Lord will let everyone hear his majestic voice and feel the force of his anger. There will be flames, cloudbursts, hailstones, and torrents of rain.

Ezekiel 1:14

The creatures themselves darted back and forth with the speed of lightning.

Zechariah 9:14

The Lord will appear above his people; he will shoot his arrows like lightning. The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms from the south.

Malachi 3:2

But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.

Malachi 4:5

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

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

Matthew 16:28

I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man come as King.”

Matthew 24:26

“Or, if people should tell you, ‘Look, he is out in the desert!’—don't go there; or if they say, ‘Look, he is hiding here!’—don't believe it.

Matthew 24:3

As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.”

Matthew 24:37

The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.

Matthew 24:39

yet they did not realize what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:44

So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

James 5:8

You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.

2 Peter 3:4

and will ask, “He promised to come, didn't he? Where is he? Our ancestors have already died, but everything is still the same as it was since the creation of the world!”