At Matthew 24:37 the Greek word pa·rou·siʹa is used. Literally it means a “being alongside.” Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon (Oxford, 1968) gives “presence, of persons,” as its first definition of pa·rou·siʹa. The sense of the word is clearly indicated at Philippians 2:12, where Paul contrasts his presence (pa·rou·siʹa) with his absence (a·pou·siʹa). On the other hand, in Matthew 24:30, which tells of the “Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” as Jehovah’s executioner at the war of Armageddon, the Greek word er·khoʹme·non is used. Some translators use ‘coming’ for both Greek words, but those that are more careful convey the difference between the two.