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Luke 21:8

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· βλέπετε μὴ πλανηθῆτε· πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λέγοντες· ἐγώ εἰμι, καί ὁ καιρὸς ἤγγικεν· μὴ πορευθῆτε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

Qui dixit : Videte ne seducamini : multi enim venient in nomine meo, dicentes quia ego sum : et tempus appropinquavit : nolite ergo ire post eos.

Vulgate

And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.

ASV

Who said: Take heed you be not seduced: for many will come in my name, saying: I am he and the time is at hand. Go ye not therefore after them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πλανάω
planao
verb · 39×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
ἐγγίζω
eggizo
verb · 42×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὀπίσω
opiso
adverb · 35×
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: λέγοντες | WH/NIV: λέγοντες | Treg/RP: + ὃτι
  • λέγοντεςSBLGNT
  • λέγοντεςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὃτιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: μὴ | WH/Treg/NIV: μὴ | RP: + οὖν
  • μὴSBLGNT
  • μὴWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + οὖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  • 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  • 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  • 2Cor 11:13 — For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
  • 2John 1:7 — For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
  • 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • 2Thess 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
  • 2Thess 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
  • 2Tim 3:13 — But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
  • Acts 5:36 — For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, a
  • Acts 8:9 — But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
  • Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
  • Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Luke 17:21 — Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
  • Luke 17:23 — And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
  • Luke 17:23 — And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
  • Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
  • Mark 13:5 — And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
  • Mark 13:21 — And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
  • Mark 13:21 — And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
  • Mark 13:23 — But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
  • Matt 24:4 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  • Matt 24:4 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  • Matt 24:11 — And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
  • Matt 24:23 — Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
  • Matt 24:23 — Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
  • Rev 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.