Matthew 24:27

American Standard Version (1901)

For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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  • Isa 30:30 : 30 And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
  • Zech 9:14 : 14 And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
  • Matt 24:37 : 37 And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Matt 24:39 : 39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Luke 17:24-37 : 24 for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it. 34 I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 36 (Ommitted) 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
  • Job 37:3 : 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
  • Job 38:35 : 35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
  • Matt 16:28 : 28 Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Matt 24:3 : 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

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  • Luke 17:22-24
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    22And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

    23And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them] :

    24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.

  • Matt 24:28-35
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    80%

    28Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

    29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

    30and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. [

    32Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

    33even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

    35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  • Matt 24:26
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    26If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.

  • Mark 13:24-27
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    79%

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

    25and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

    26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

    27And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

  • Luke 21:27-28
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    79%

    27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

    28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

  • Matt 24:42-44
    3 verses
    78%

    42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Matt 24:37
    78%

    37And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:30-31
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    76%

    30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

    31In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

  • Luke 12:40
    75%

    40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Matt 24:39
    74%

    39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 16:27-28
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    73%

    27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

    28Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

  • Mark 13:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

  • Matt 25:31
    72%

    31But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

  • Matt 13:43
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    43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

  • Matt 24:50
    71%

    50the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

  • Luke 12:54
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    54And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

  • Matt 24:3
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    3And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

  • Matt 24:14
    70%

    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

  • Matt 28:3
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    3His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

  • Mark 13:34-36
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    34[ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

    35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

  • Luke 21:35
    70%

    35for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

  • Luke 17:26
    70%

    26And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • Luke 13:29
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    29And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 24:23
    70%

    23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe [it] not.

  • Matt 24:16-17
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    16then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

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  • Mark 14:62
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    62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.