Luke 17:23

People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

Majority Standard Bible

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

22Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

24For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

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Cross References

Mark 13:21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

Luke 21:8Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Therefore do not follow 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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