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.

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.

¹⁸ Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth.