Then he says: "For as the lightning cometh out of the east; and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the presence of the Son of man be".

(Matthew 24:27) The word lightning here is translated from the Greek word _astrapee_ and means bright shining, or bright shiner.

We know that lightning does not come out of the east and shine even unto the west, because flashes of lightning come from all directions, and more often from the west than from the east.

The bright shining or bright shiner here really means the sun.

The sun begins to shed forth its light in the east before it is fully up; and when it comes over the eastern horizon it shines everywhere from the east to the west.