Luke 17:24
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24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day[a] when the Son of Man comes.
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- 17:24 Some manuscripts do not include on the day.
Luke 17:24
New International Version
24 For the Son of Man in his day[a] will be like the lightning,(A) which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
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- Luke 17:24 Some manuscripts do not have in his day.
Matthew 24:27
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27 For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man[a] comes.
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- 24:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 24:27
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27 For as lightning(A) that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming(B) of the Son of Man.(C)
Matthew 24:30
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30 And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.[a]
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Matthew 24:30
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30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[a] will mourn(A) when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,(B) with power and great glory.[b]
Footnotes
- Matthew 24:30 Or the tribes of the land
- Matthew 24:30 See Daniel 7:13-14.
Malachi 4:1-2
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The Coming Day of Judgment
4 [a]The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
2 “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.[b] And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
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Malachi 4:1-2
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Judgment and Covenant Renewal
4 [a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name,(G) the sun of righteousness(H) will rise with healing(I) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(J) like well-fed calves.
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- Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.
Malachi 3:1-2
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The Coming Day of Judgment
3 “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
2 “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.
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Malachi 3:1-2
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3 “I will send my messenger,(A) who will prepare the way before me.(B) Then suddenly the Lord(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,(D) whom you desire,(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.
2 But who can endure(F) the day of his coming?(G) Who can stand(H) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(I) or a launderer’s soap.(J)
Zechariah 9:14
New Living Translation
14 The Lord will appear above his people;
his arrows will fly like lightning!
The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn
and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
Zechariah 9:14
New International Version
The Lord Will Appear
2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[a]
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- 3:10 Other manuscripts read will be burned up; one early manuscript reads will be found destroyed.
2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)
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- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
James 5:8
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8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
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James 5:8
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2 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
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2 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter(A)—asserting that the day of the Lord(B) has already come.(C)
1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
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1 Thessalonians 5:2
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Job 37:3-4
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3 It rolls across the heavens,
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
4 Then comes the roaring of the thunder—
the tremendous voice of his majesty.
He does not restrain it when he speaks.
Job 37:3-4
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2 Thessalonians 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
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2 Thessalonians 2:8
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8 And then the lawless one will be revealed,(A) whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth(B) and destroy by the splendor of his coming.(C)
Matthew 26:64
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Matthew 26:64
New International Version
64 “You have said so,”(A) Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One(B) and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[a](C)
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- Matthew 26:64 See Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13.
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