Matthew 24:27

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Job 37:3

Everywhere under the heavens he sends it, with his light, to the ends of the earth.

Job 38:35

Can you send forth the lightnings on their way, so that they say to you, “Here we are”?

Isaiah 30:30

The Lord will make his glorious voice heard, and reveal his arm coming down In raging fury and flame of consuming fire, in tempest, and rainstorm, and hail.

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.

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand firm when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like fullers’ lye.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Matthew 16:28

Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Matthew 24:26

So if they say to you, ‘He is in the desert,’ do not go out there; if they say, ‘He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

Matthew 24:3

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will this happen, and what sign will there be of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:37

For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:39

They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be [also] at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:44

So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

James 5:8

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

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation.”