Luke 17:23

And if they shall say to you: Lo, here he is! or, Lo, there he is! go not forth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 his 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 them.

24For, as the lightning darteth from the heavens, and illuminateth all beneath the heavens; so will the Son of man be, in his day.

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Cross References

Mark 13:21Then, if any one shall say to you: Lo, here is Messiah, or lo, there; give not credence.

Luke 21:8And he said to them: See, that ye be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say: I am Messiah and the time is near. But go ye not 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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