Matthew Chapter 24 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 24:23

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.
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BBE Matthew 24:23

Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;
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DARBY Matthew 24:23

Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or here, believe [it] not.
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KJV Matthew 24:23

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
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WBT Matthew 24:23


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WEB Matthew 24:23

"Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
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YLT Matthew 24:23

`Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here `is' the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - And then. The third section of the prophecy, contained in vers. 23-35, passes from the fortunes of Jerusalem to the end of the world. To the Lord's hearers was conveyed the truth that the signs and events now indicated were to be subsequent to the destruction of the city. No further note of chronology was given. The uncertainty of the future caused a state of constant expectation and hope. And this is the feeling which we Christians are intended to embrace and cultivate. "The word 'then' relates not to the connection in the order of time with the things just mentioned,... not meaning what should follow straightway after these things, but what should be in the time when these things were to be done of which he was about to speak" (St. Chrysostom, 'Horn.,' in loc.). Lo, here is Christ! This refers to something different from the announcement in ver. 5. Some analogous deceptions doubtless occurred at the siege of Jerusalem, but the Lord is predicting the remote events of the latter days, of which previous occurrences were types and anticipations. Believe it not. When Christ does come the second time, there shall be no doubt or ignorance of his appearance (see ver. 27, and compare the warning in Deuteronomy 13:1-3).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Lo, here is Christ, or there.--Better, Lo, here is the Christ. The narrative of Josephus, while speaking of many "deceivers" claiming divine authority (Wars, ii. 13, ? 4), is silent as to any pretenders to the character of the Messiah. It is scarcely conceivable, however, that this should not have been one of the results of the fevered dreams of the people, and the reticence of the historian was probably a suppressio veri connected with his own recognition of Vespasian as a quasi Christ (Wars, vi. 5, ? 4).