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King James Version

Luke 17:23

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - King, Christ as;   Persecution;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Son of Man;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Birth of Christ;   Discourse;   Eschatology (2);   Following;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Obedience (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Follow;   Parousia;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!' or ‘Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they shall say to you, Behold here, or beholde there: but goe not thither, neither followe them.
Christian Standard Bible®
They will say to you,
Hebrew Names Version
They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,
Darby Translation
And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow [them].
Easy-to-Read Version
People will say to you, ‘Look, there it is!' or ‘Look, here it is!' Stay where you are; don't go away and search.
Amplified Bible
"They will say to you, 'Look [the Messiah is] there!' or 'Look [He is] here!' Do not go away [to see Him], and do not run after them.
American Standard Version
And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after them:
Berean Standard Bible
People will tell you, 'Look, there He is,' or 'Here He is.' Do not go out or chase after them.
Contemporary English Version
When people say to you, "Look there," or "Look here," don't go looking for him.
Complete Jewish Bible
People will say to you, ‘Look! Right here!' or, ‘See! Over there!' Don't run off, don't follow them,
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And if they say to you, Behold here, and, Behold there, go not.
Murdock Translation
And if they shall say to you: Lo, here he is! or, Lo, there he is! go not forth.
King James Version (1611)
And they shall say to you, See here, or see there: Goe not after them, nor follow them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they shall say to you, See here, see there: Go not after them, nor folowe them.
English Revised Version
And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after them:
Lexham English Bible
And they will say to you, ‘Behold, there!' ‘Behold, here!' Do not go out or run after them!
Literal Translation
And they will say to you, Lo, here! Or, Lo, there! Do not go away, nor follow.
New Century Version
People will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!' or, ‘Look, here he is!' Stay where you are; don't go away and search.
New English Translation
Then people will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!' or ‘Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.
New King James Version
And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' [fn] Do not go after them or follow them.
New Living Translation
People will tell you, ‘Look, there is the Son of Man,' or ‘Here he is,' but don't go out and follow them.
New Life Bible
They will say to you, ‘He is here,' or, ‘He is there,' but do not follow them.
New Revised Standard
They will say to you, ‘Look there!' or ‘Look here!' Do not go, do not set off in pursuit.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they will say unto you, Lo there! or, Lo here! Do not depart, and do notpursue.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them.
George Lamsa Translation
And if they should say to you, Behold, he is here! and behold, he is there! do not go.
Good News Translation
There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, over there!' or, ‘Look, over here!' But don't go out looking for it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they will say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after [them], nor follow them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when they shall say to you, See here; see there: go not, nor follow them.
Weymouth's New Testament
And they will say to you, `See there!' `See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen seie to you, Lo! here, and lo there. Nyle ye go, nether sue ye;
Young's Literal Translation
and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;
World English Bible
They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,
Revised Standard Version
And they will say to you, 'Lo, there!' or 'Lo, here!' Do not go, do not follow them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they shall saye to you: Se here Se there. Goo not after them nor folowe them
Update Bible Version
And they shall say to you, Look, there! Or, Look, here! don't go away, nor follow after [them]:
Bible in Basic English
And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.
New American Standard Bible
"And they will say to you, 'Look there,' or, 'Look here!' Do not leave, and do not run after them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they shal saye vnto you: Se here, Se there. Go not ye, nether folowe,
Mace New Testament (1729)
they will tell you, here he is, or, he is there: but don't go out to follow them;
Simplified Cowboy Version
There will be people saying, 'Look, over there! or, 'Here he is over here!' But don't believe those people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.

Contextual Overview

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 after them, nor follow them. 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 17:21, Luke 21:8, Matthew 24:23-26, Mark 13:21-23

Reciprocal: Luke 17:20 - observation John 7:34 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Genesis 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis 17:27
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall say unto you, see here, or see there,.... That is, there is Christ; and in two of Beza's exemplars, the word Christ is added as in Matthew 24:23 from whence it seems to be transcribed: and the sense is, it shall be said by one or another; Christ is in such a place, or he is in such a place, and he will quickly appear, and deliver the people of the Jews out of all their distresses and calamities by the Romans,

Go not after them nor follow [them]: the last clause, "nor follow them", is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; the meaning is, give no credit to them; as if Christ was come again in person, and was in such a place, do not go along with them, where they direct, as into the desert, or into the secret chambers; for to follow them will be very dangerous, of bad consequence, as well as vain and fruitless; see Acts 5:36.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they shall say ... - Many false Christs, according to Josephus, appeared about that time, attempting to lead away the people. See the notes at Matthew 24:23-27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:23. And they shall say — Or, And IF they shall say. Two MSS., the Syriac and Armenian, have εαν, IF.

See here — KM, sixteen others, and the later Syriac, have ο χριστος, Behold the Christ is here. This is undoubtedly the meaning of the place. Matthew 24:23; Matthew 24:23.


 
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