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Matthew 24:27

For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

In Context

26If therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe it not.

28Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.

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Cross References

Job 37:3He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 30:30And the Lord shall make the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall shew the terror of his arm, in the threatening of wrath, and the dame of devouring fire: he shall crush to pieces with whirlwind, and hailstones.

Malachi 3:2And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:

Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 24:3And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?

Matthew 24:39And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32

Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →

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