Luke 17:23

They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them,

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WEBBE

They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,

BSB

People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.

KJV

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

ASV

And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them]:

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐροῦσιν erousin they will say G4483 ὑμῖν humin to you G4771 ἰδοὺ idou Behold G2400 ἐκεῖ ekei there G1563 ἢ ē or G2228 ἰδοὺ idou Behold G2400 ὧδε hōde here G5602 μὴ mē Not G3361 ἀπέλθητε apelthēte may go forth G565 μηδὲ mēde nor G3366 διώξητε diōxēte may follow G1377

The early church

As if he said, If at the coming of Antichrist, his fame shall be spread abroad, as though Christ had appeared, go not out, nor follow him. For it cannot be that He who was once seen on earth, shall any more dwell in the corners of the earth. It will therefore be he of whom we speak, not the true Christ.
Eusebius of Caesarea · d. 339Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
When our Lord said, The kingdom of God is within you, He would fain prepare His disciples for suffering, that being made strong they might be able to enter the kingdom of God; He therefore foretells to them, that before His coming from heaven at the end of the world, persecution will break out upon them. Hence it follows, And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, &c. meaning that so terrible will be the persecution, that they would desire to see one of His days, that is, of that time when they yet walked with Christ. Truly the Jews ofttimes beset Christ with reproaches and insults, and sought to stone Him, and ofttimes would have hurled Him down from the mountain; but even these seem to be looked upon as slight in comparison of greater evils that are to come.
Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–37

The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as is here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judge the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in like manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, and remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who are marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgments of God.

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Jesus, The Christ

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