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If therefore they tell you, `Behold, he is in the wilderness!` don`t go out; `Behold, he is in the inner chambers,` don`t believe it.
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Public Truth, Secret Lies
Commentators emphasize a key contrast: false messiahs and false teachings operate in secret, requiring you to go to a specific "wilderness" or "inner room." In contrast, Christ's true return will be public, universal, and as undeniable as lightning flashing across the sky. It will not be a hidden event for a select few.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, he is in the desert. The Jews had formed the expectation that the Messiah would appear suddenly, from some unexpected direction. H…
In the wilderness (εν τη ερημω). Like Simon son of Gioras (Josephus, War, IV,9,5,& 7).
In the inner cham…
19th Century
Anglican
In the secret chambers — The word is the same as that translated “closet” in Matthew 6:6. This means that the pretenders will, in …
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Baptist
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and …
It is pointless to look for Messiah’s return in the desert or in inner rooms —whether in some desert monastic community or in some hidden, unrecogn…
16th Century
Protestant
Lo, he is in the desert. Luke connects this discourse with another reply of Christ. For, having been questioned by the Pharisees about…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore if they shall say to you Any of the false prophets, or the deluded followers of false Christs:
The disciples had asked concerning the times, "When should these things be?" Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, "What sha…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord answered the disciples' question concerning the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, He begins here to answer them concerning His S…
