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The Abomination of Desolation

Mark 13:21

In 9 translations

BSB
At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.
KJV
And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
WEB
Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.
ASV
And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe it not:
LSV
And then, if any may say to you, Behold, here [is] the Christ, or, Behold, there, you may not believe;
YLT
'And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;
DBY
And then if any one say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or Lo, there, believe [it] not.
DRC
And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; lo, he is here: do not believe.
GNV
Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include καὶ (“And”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἴδε (“behold”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἰδού (“behold”) (2 places).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἢ (“or”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read πιστεύετε (“you do believe [it]”); Textus Receptus read πιστεύσητε (“may you believe [it]”).
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: ⸀Ἴδε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸀Ἴδε; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἰδού.
  • SBLGNT: χριστός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χριστός; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἢ.
  • SBLGNT: ⸁Ἴδε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸁Ἴδε; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἰδού.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ· Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ χριστός, Ἴδε ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε·
RP2018
Τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, Ἰδού, ὧδε ὁ χριστός, ἢ Ἰδού, ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, Ἰδού, ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἢ Ἰδού, ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύσητε.
SCR1894
και τοτε εαν τις υμιν ειπη ιδου ωδε ο χριστος η ιδου εκει μη πιστευσητε

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.’ Do not follow them.
  • Matthew 24:23–25At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the…
  • Matthew 24:5For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
  • Luke 17:23–24People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. For 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…
  • Deuteronomy 13:1–3If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known)…
  • John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

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