Mark 13:21

21 And then if anyone should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or, Behold, he is there, do not believe him;

Mark 13:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:21

And then if any man shall say to you
During those days of tribulation and affliction, or when shortened and at an end:

lo! [here is] Christ, or lo! [he is] there;
the Messiah has appeared in such or in such a place, to deliver you from your national distresses and calamities, and from the Roman yoke and bondage:

believe him not;
give no credit to such a report, for the reason following; (See Gill on Matthew 24:23).

Mark 13:21 In-Context

19 For those days shall be of affliction such as never was from the beginning of the creation of the things which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved, but for the elect’s sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

21 And then if anyone should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or, Behold, he is there, do not believe him;

22 for false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

23 But take ye heed; behold, I have told you everything beforehand.