What Does Matthew 24:27 Mean?

“as”

just as, i.e., exactly like

“For”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the lightning”

lightning; by analogy, glare

“cometh”

to issue (literally or figuratively)

“out of”

"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

“the east”

a rising of light, i.e., dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“shineth”

to lighten (shine), i.e., show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

“even unto”

a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)

“the west”

the sun-set, i.e., (by implication) the western region

“so”

in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)

“be”

will be

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the coming”

a being near, i.e., advent (often, return; specially, of christ to punish jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the Son”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of man”

man-faced, i.e., a human being