Mat 24:23-28, 37-41 | ISV | STEP | “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’, don't believe it.

Matthew 24:23-28

23 “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} or ‘There he is!’, don't believe it.Mark 13:21; Luke 17:23; 21:8 24 For false christs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.Deut 13:1; Matt 13:5, 11; John 6:37; 10:28-29; Rom 8:28-30; 2Thes 2:9-11; 2Tim 2:19; Rev 13:13 25 Remember, I have told you this beforehand. 26 So if they say to you, ‘Look! He's in the wilderness,’ don't go out looking for him. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks looking for him} And if they say, ‘Look! He's in the storeroom,’ don't believe it. 27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.Luke 17:24 28 Wherever there's a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”Job 39:30; Luke 17:37

The Coming of the Son of Man Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28

Matthew 24:37-41

37 For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. 38 In those days before the flood, people ^{▼▼Lit. they} were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.Gen 6:3-5; 7:5; Luke 17:26; 1Pet 3:20 39 They were unaware of what was happening ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks of what was happening} until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes. 40 At that time two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.Luke 17:34 41 Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.