Luke 17:24

for as lightning shining from under (the) heaven (s) shineth into [or on] those things that be under (the) heaven (s), so shall man’s Son be in his day.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

In Context

23And they shall say to you, Lo! here, and lo! there. Do not ye go, neither (pur)sue (them), (or Do not go out, nor follow after them);

25But first it behooveth him to suffer many things, and to be reproved of this generation, (or and to be rebuked, or to be rejected, by this generation).

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Cross References

Zechariah 9:14And the Lord God shall be seen on them, and the dart of him shall go out as lightning. And the Lord God shall sing in a trump, and shall go in whirlwind of the south; (And the Lord God shall be seen above them, and his darts, or his arrows, shall go out like the lightning. And the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and then shall go forth in the whirlwinds of the south;)

Malachi 4:1For lo! a day shall come, burning as a chimney; and all proud men, and all that do unpiety shall be stubble; and the day coming shall enflame them, saith the Lord of hosts, which shall not leave to them root and burgeoning. (For behold! a day shall come, burning like a chimney; and all who be proud, and all who do unrighteousness, (or wickedness), shall become stubble; and this coming day shall enflame them, (or shall set all of them ablaze), saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall not leave them with any roots, or with any burgeoning.)

Matthew 24:30And then the token of man’s Son shall appear in (the) heaven (s), and then all the kindreds, [or all the lineages], (or all the tribes), of the earth shall wail; and they shall see man’s Son coming in the clouds of (the) heaven (s), with much virtue, and majesty. (And then the sign of man’s Son shall appear in the heavens, and then all the peoples of the earth shall wail; and they shall see man’s Son coming on the clouds of the heavens, with great power, and majesty.)

Matthew 26:64Jesus said to him, Thou hast said (it); nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see man’s Son sitting at the right half of the virtue of God, and coming in the clouds of (the) heaven (s). (Jesus said to him, Thou hast said it; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter ye shall see man’s Son sitting at the right hand, or on the right side, of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.)

2 Thessalonians 2:2that ye be not moved soon from your wit, neither be afeared, (or that ye be not soon moved away from your reason, nor be made afraid), neither by spirit, neither by word, neither by epistle as sent by us, as if the day of the Lord be nigh.

James 5:8And be ye patient, and confirm ye your hearts, for the coming of the Lord shall nigh. (And so be patient, and make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord shall approach, or it is near.)

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37

The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And 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. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →

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