New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 24:27
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For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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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.
KJV text & permissions
For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
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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For just as the lightning goes out from [the] east and shines as far as [the] west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 24
25 See, I have told you in advance.
26 So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
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