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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- 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)
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- 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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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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