MARK 13:21 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yeshua (All still tentative.)

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ULT And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here, is the Christ! Behold, there!’ do not believe, it.

UST 21-22 While those things are happening, there will be people who lie when they claim to be the Messiah or to speak for God. They will do amazing miracles. They will try to deceive the people whom God has chosen to belong to him, and they will almost succeed in doing so. Therefore, when people tell you that the Messiah is here or there, do not trust what they say.

BSB At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here [is] the Christ!’ [or] ‘There [He is]!’ do not believe [it].

MSB At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here [is] the Christ!’ or ‘There [He is]!’ do not believe [it].

BLB And then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ! Behold, there!' you shall not believe it.

AICNT “And then if anyone says to you, ‘{Look,}[fn] Here is the Christ,’ or ‘{Look,}[fn] There he is,’ do not believe it;

13:21, Look: Absent from Latin(ff²).

13:21, Look: Absent from C(04) Latin(ff²).

OEB ‘And at that time if anyone should say to you “Look, here is the Christ!” “Look, there he is!”, do not believe it;

WEBBE Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.

WMBB Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.

NET Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.

LSV And then, if any may say to you, Behold, here [is] the Christ, or, Behold, there, you may not believe;

FBV So if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘Look, there he is,’ don't believe it.

TCNT If anyone says to you at that time, ‘Behold, here is the [fn]Christ!’ or, ‘Behold, there he is!’ do not believe him.

13:21 Christ!’ or, ‘Behold ¦ Christ! Behold ANT CT PCK

T4T 21-22 At that time people who will falsely say that they are Messiahs and prophets will appear. Then they will perform many kinds ◄of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do► [DOU]. They will even try to deceive you people whom God has chosen, but they will not be able to do that. So at that time if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or if someone says, ‘Look, he is over there!’ do not believe it!

LEB “And at that time if anyone should say to you, “Behold, here is the Christ,’ ‘Behold, there he is,’ do not believe him![fn]

13:21 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

Moff If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ, or, 'Look, there he is, do not believe it;

Wymth "At that time if any one says to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `See, He is there!' do not believe it.

ASV And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe it not:

DRA And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; lo, he is here: do not believe.

YLT 'And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

Drby And then if any one say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or Lo, there, believe [it] not.

RV And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe it not:

SLT And if any say to you, Behold, here Christ; or, behold, there; believe ye not:

Wbstr And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or lo, he is there; believe him not.

KJB-1769 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

KJB-1611 And then, if any man shall say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or loe, hee is there: beleeue him not.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps And then, yf any man say to you, lo here is Christe, lo he is there, beleue not.
(And then, if any man say to you, lo here is Christ, lo he is there, believe not.)

Gnva Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.
(Then if any man say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, believe it not.)

Cvdl Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at yt tyme: Lo, here is Christ: lo, he is there, beleue it not.
(Now if any man shall say unto you at it time: Lo, here is Christ: lo, he is there, believe it not.)

TNT And then yf eny man saye to you: loo here is Christ: loo he is there beleve not.
(And then if any man say to you: loo here is Christ: loo he is there believe not.)

Wycl And thanne if ony man seie to you, Lo! here is Crist, lo! there, bileue ye not.
(And then if any man say to you, Lo! here is Christ, lo! there, believe ye/you_all not.)

Luth Wenn nun jemand zu der Zeit wird zu euch sagen: Siehe, hier ist Christus! siehe, da ist er! so glaubet nicht.
(If/When now someone to/for the/of_the time/period becomes to/for you say: See/Look, here is Christ! see/look, there is he! so believes not.)

ClVg Et tunc si quis vobis dixerit: Ecce hic est Christus, ecce illic, ne credideritis.[fn]
(And then when/but_if who/any to_you(pl) said: Behold this/here it_is Christ/Messiah, behold there, not you_will_believe.)

13.21 Et tunc si quis. BED. Quidam hoc ad captivitatem Judaicam referunt, quando multi Christos se esse dicentes, populum post se deceptum trahebant. Sed ibi nullus erat fidelis, quem Deus exhortaretur, ne perversos magistros sequeretur. Omnes et obsidentes et obsessi alieni a Christo obdurabant, unde melius de hæreticis accipiendum, qui contra Ecclesiam venientes, se Christos esse mentiuntur: quorum primus Simon Magus; extremus Antichristus.

13.21 And then when/but_if who/any. BED. Some this to captivity Yudaicam they_report, when many to_Christ/Messiahs himself to_be saying, the_people after himself deceived trahebant. But there none was faithful, which God exhortaretur, not perversos to_the_teachers would_follow. All_of_them and besiegees and obsessed strangers from to_Christ/Messiah obdurabant, from_where/who better from/about heretics to_be_accepted, who/which on_the_contrary assembly/church coming, himself to_Christ/Messiahs to_be they_lie: whose first/chief Simon Magus; extremus Antichristus.

UGNT καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἴδε, ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἴδε, ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε.
(kai tote ean tis humin eipaʸ, ide, hōde ho Ⱪristos, ide, ekei, maʸ pisteuete.)

SBL-GNT ⸀καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ· ⸀Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ ⸀χριστός, ⸁Ἴδε ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε·
(⸀kai tote ean tis humin eipaʸ; ⸀Ide hōde ho ⸀ⱪristos, ⸁Ide ekei, maʸ pisteuete;)

RP-GNT Τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, Ἰδού, ὧδε ὁ χριστός, ἢ Ἰδού, ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε.
(Tote ean tis humin eipaʸ, Idou, hōde ho ⱪristos, aʸ Idou, ekei, maʸ pisteuete.)

TC-GNT [fn]καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, [fn]Ἰδού, ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, [fn]ἤ, [fn]Ἰδού, ἐκεῖ, μὴ [fn]πιστεύετε.
(kai tote ean tis humin eipaʸ, Idou, hōde ho Ⱪristos, aʸ, Idou, ekei, maʸ pisteuete.)

13:21 και ¦ — ᴘᴄᴋ ʀᴘ

13:21 ιδου ¦ ιδε ᴄᴛ

13:21 η ¦ — ᴀɴᴛ ᴄᴛ ᴘᴄᴋ

13:21 ιδου ¦ ιδε ᴄᴛ

13:21 πιστευετε ¦ πιστευσητε ᴘᴄᴋ ᴛʀ

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 13:14–23: Jesus told what will happen when the horrible thing defiles God’s temple

In this section Jesus told about a horrible thing that would defile God’s temple. Then God and his people would no longer meet there, and it would be left desolate (13:14). Jesus told his disciples that when they saw that defiling horror, they must flee. It would be a time of great misery for them. Some people would falsely claim to be a prophet or Christ himself. Jesus warned that his disciples must be careful not to believe people who made those claims.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus warned his disciples about the future distress

The coming time of great trouble

The detestable thing that causes people to abandon the temple

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 24:15–28 and Luke 21:20–24.

13:21a

At that time

¶ “During that time,
¶ “In those days of distress/suffering,

At that time: The phrase At that time refers to the time of extreme suffering that Jesus has been talking about (13:19).

13:21b

if anyone says to you,

if someone says to you,^(plur)
some people might say to you^(plur)

if anyone says to you: This clause is a condition, that is, something that might happen. Express this condition in a natural way in your language.

Here is another way to translate this:

someone might say to you (NCV)

13:21c

‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’

‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’
that the Messiah has come to this place or that place.

In 13:21c, the Greek uses direct speech. In some languages it may be more natural to use indirect speech. See the General Comment on 13:21c below.

Look: The word Look is used to get the attention of the hearers. It indicates to the hearers that the information that follows is important. In some languages people may use a word like “Hey!” or “Say!” It is similar to the word “behold” in 1:2b–c. You may want to translate these two words the same way.

here is the Christ: The expression here is the Christ indicates that someone is pointing out a person as the Messiah.

the Christ: The phrase the Christ is used here as a title. In this verse it does not refer to Jesus. The people were pointing to someone else as the Christ. The Jews used the title Christ to refer to the special person whom God had appointed and promised to send as king and savior. The title Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word “Messiah,” and the two words have the same meaning.

Some ways to translate Christ are:

Transliterate it according to the sounds of your language. For example:
Krais
Karisiti
Transliterate it and indicate in some way that it is a title. For example:
the Christ
the Kirisita
Transliterate Christ and include a phrase that explains the meaning. For example:
Christ, the appointed one
Cristo, the savior God promised
the Christ who comes from God

If you do not indicate the meaning of Christ in the text, you may want to include a footnote. For example:

The word/title “Christ” refers to the King and Savior whom God had promised to send.

See how you translated the Christ in 12:35c. See also Christ in the Glossary.

or: The word or is not in the Greek. In the Greek there is no joining word. The BSB has added this word because it is good English style. Another way to join the two exclamations in English is with “and.”

There He is!: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as There He is! is spoken by a different person from the person mentioned in 13:21b. One way to translate this is to introduce the phrase in the following way:

…or if someone else says, ‘Look, there he is!’

And others might say, ‘There he is!’

General Comment on 13:21c

In some languages, it may be more natural to use indirect speech here. For example:

If people say that the Messiah has come to this place or that place

13:21d

do not believe it.

do^(plur) not believe it/him.
But you^(plur) must not believe what they say.

do not believe it: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as do not believe it is literally “do not believe,” without an object. In some languages, as in English, it is necessary to specify what they should not believe. The BSB supplies the word it, but some other versions say “him” (NASB) or “them” (NCV). In some languages it may be natural to say:

do^(plur) not believe what they say

See also believe, meaning 1, in the Glossary.

General Comment on 13:21a–d

In some languages it may be more natural to place the verb phrase “do not believe” (13:21d) immediately after the phrase “At that time” (13:21a). For example, the GW says:

^21aAt that time ^21ddon’t believe ^21banyone who tells you, ^21c’Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ

then if (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τότε ἐάν τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἤ Ἴδε ἐκεῖ μή πιστεύετε)

Jesus speaks as if this were a hypothetical situation, but he means that it will happen. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Jesus is saying is uncertain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [Then, although some people will say to you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἴδε, ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἴδε, ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε

˱to˲_you_all ˓may˒_say (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τότε ἐάν τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἤ Ἴδε ἐκεῖ μή πιστεύετε)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [says to you that you should look because the Christ is here or that you should look because he is there, do not not believe it]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἴδε, ὧδε ὁ Χριστός, ἴδε, ἐκεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τότε ἐάν τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἤ Ἴδε ἐκεῖ μή πιστεύετε)

Here Jesus is implying that these two statements are two examples of what people might say to the disciples. Jesus is not implying that the same person says these two sentences during the same conversation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that makes that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [Behold, here is the Christ!’ or if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, there]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

(Occurrence -1) ἴδε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τότε ἐάν τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἤ Ἴδε ἐκεῖ μή πιστεύετε)

In both places, the word Behold draws the attention of the audience and asks them to look at something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express behold with a word or phrase that asks the audience to look, or you could draw the audience’s attention in another way. Alternate translation: [Look … Look] or [Pay attention … Pay attention]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἴδε, ἐκεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί τότε ἐάν τὶς ὑμῖν εἴπῃ Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἤ Ἴδε ἐκεῖ μή πιστεύετε)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [Behold, there is the Christ]

Parallel MARK 13:21

Section 13:14–23: Jesus told what will happen when the horrible thing defiles God’s temple

13:21a

13:21b

13:21c

General Comment on 13:21c

13:21d

General Comment on 13:21a–d

Jerusalem during the New Testament