Matthew 24:27

New International Reader's Version

Lightning that comes from the east can be seen in the west. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes.

Cross References

Job 37:3

He sends his lightning across the sky. It reaches from one end of the earth to the other.

Job 38:35

Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

Isaiah 30:30

The Lord will cause people to hear his powerful voice. He will make them see his arm coming down to punish them. It will come down with burning anger and destroying fire. It will come down with rain, thunderstorms and hail.

Ezekiel 1:14

The creatures raced back and forth like flashes of lightning.

Zechariah 9:14

Then the Lord will appear over his people. His arrows will flash like lightning. The Lord and King will blow the trumpet of his thunder. He’ll march out like a storm in the south.

Malachi 3:2

But who can live through the day when he comes? Who will be left standing when he appears? He will be like a fire that makes things pure. He will be like soap that makes things clean.

Malachi 4:5

“I will send the prophet Elijah to you. He will come before the day of the Lord arrives. It will be a great and terrifying day.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory. His angels will come with him. And he will reward everyone in keeping with what they have done.

Matthew 16:28

“What I’m about to tell you is true. Some who are standing here will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Matthew 24:26

“So if anyone tells you, ‘He is a long way out in the desert,’ do not go out there. Or if anyone says, ‘He is deep inside the house,’ do not believe it.

Matthew 24:3

Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives. There the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us,” they said. “When will this happen? And what will be the sign of your coming? What will be the sign of the end?”

Matthew 24:37

Remember how it was in the days of Noah. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:39

They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:44

So you also must be ready. The Son of Man will come at an hour when you don’t expect him.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

James 5:8

You too must be patient. You must remain strong. The Lord will soon come back.

2 Peter 3:4

They will say, “Where is this ‘return’ he promised? Everything goes on in the same way it has since our people of long ago died. In fact, it has continued this way since God first created everything.”