Matthew 24:6
24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. 1
Matthew 24:23-26
24:23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ 2 or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him.
24:24 For false messiahs 3 and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
24:25 Remember, 4 I have told you ahead of time.
24:26 So then, if someone 5 says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ 6 do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.
1 tn Grk “it is not yet the end.”
2 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.
3 tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
4 tn Or “Pay attention!” Grk “Behold.”
5 tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).
6 tn Or “in the desert.”