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Luke 17:24Luke.17.24

‹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.›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car, comme l'éclair resplendit et brille d'une extrémité du ciel à l'autre, ainsi sera le Fils de l'homme en son jour.

KJV

‹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.›

Patristic reading

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  • Ambrose of Milan

    One Book on the Flight from the World

    ior that he will flash like lightning from under the sky... so will be the coming of the Son of Man (Luke 17:24). Well, here too like lightning, because it is above lightning. For lightning is from under the sky; but the true light is above the sky. Therefore, Satan fell like li…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)

    cere verbum Dei praedicaverit; relinquetur, qui Christum non caste, sed ex occasione annuntiaverit (Luc. XVII, 20-37) . His tribus hominum generibus constat Ecclesia, [Col. 0044D] quae binas habent differentias, propter assumptionem et relictionem. Unde tres viros Ezechiel pr…

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