Mark 13:21

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

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 distress such as there has not been the like since [the] beginning of creation which God created, until now, and never shall be;

20 and if [the] Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.

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

22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

23 But do *ye* take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.