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They will tell you, `Look, here!` or `Look, there!` Don`t go away, nor follow after them,
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A Warning Against False Messiahs
Commentators explain that Jesus' warning had an immediate historical context. Around the time of Jerusalem's destruction, several false messiahs appeared, claiming to be Christ and promising to deliver the Jews from the Romans. Jesus explicitly commands his followers not to give credit to or follow these localized, fraudulent claims.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they shall say, etc. Many false Christs, according to Josephus, appeared about that time, attempting to lead away the people. See Barn…
Go not away nor follow after them (μη απελθητε μηδε διωξητε). Westcott and Hort bracket απελθητε μηδε. Note aorist subjunctive wit…
19th Century
Anglican
See here; or, see there.—See Note on Matthew 24:23. The words are all but identical, but the difference in the context an…
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Baptist
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save thi…
Jesus continues the emphasis on the suddenness of the kingdom’s coming. “One of the days” probably refers to the initiation of the reign of the com…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall say unto you, see here, or see there That is, there is Christ; and in two of Beza's exemplars, the wo…
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