Luke 17:23

And they will say to you, Lo, here! Lo, there! Do not depart, nor pursue.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

In Context

22And he said to the disciples, The days will come when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.

24For just as the lightning, its flashing from under the sky to under the sky, illuminates, so will the Son of man be in his day.

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Cross References

Mark 13:21And then if any man should say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there, do not believe.

Luke 21:8And he said, Watch that ye may not be led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, I am, and, The time has come near. Go ye not therefore after them.

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37

The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →

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