Mark - 13:21



21 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

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And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; lo, he is here: do not believe.
And then if any one say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo, there, believe it not.
And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;
And then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ; or, see, he is there; believe him not:
"At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it.
And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:
Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah.' or, 'Look, there.' do not believe it.
And then, if anyone will have said to you: 'Behold, here is the Christ. Behold, in that place.' Do not believe it.
"And at that time if anyone should say to you 'Look, here is the Christ!' 'Look, there he is!', do not believe it;

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And then if any man shall say to you,.... During those days of tribulation and affliction, or when shortened and at an end:
lo! here is Christ, or lo! he is there; the Messiah has appeared in such or in such a place, to deliver you from your national distresses and calamities, and from the Roman yoke and bondage:
believe him not; give no credit to such a report, for the reason following; See Gill on Matthew 24:23.

And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo he is there; believe him not--So Luke 17:23. No one can read JOSEPHUS' account of what took place before the destruction of Jerusalem without seeing how strikingly this was fulfilled.
to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect--implying that this, though all but done, will prove impossible. What a precious assurance! (Compare 2-Thessalonians 2:9-12).

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