Luke 17:24

New American Bible - revised edition

For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be [in his day].

Cross References

Ezekiel 1:14

The creatures darting back and forth flashed like lightning.

Zechariah 9:14

The Lord will appear over them, God’s arrow will shoot forth as lightning; The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn, and come in a storm from the south.

Matthew 24:27

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

Matthew 24:30

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 25:31

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne,

Matthew 26:64

Jesus said to him in reply, “You have said so. But I tell you: From now on you will see ‘the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power’ and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven.’”

Matthew 5:15

Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus [Christ].

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord [Jesus] will kill with the breath of his mouth and render powerless by the manifestation of his coming,

James 5:8

You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out. Exhortation to Preparedness.