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25 Remember,[a] I have told you ahead of time. 26 So then, if someone[b] says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’[c] do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him. 27 For just like the lightning[d] comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:25 tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”
  2. Matthew 24:26 tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).
  3. Matthew 24:26 tn Or “in the desert.”
  4. Matthew 24:27 sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.