Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mark 13:22 in other translations
| BSB | For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. |
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| WEB | For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. |
| ASV | for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect. |
| YLT | for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen; |
| DARBY | For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. |
| BBE | Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way. |
| Webster | For false Christs, and false prophets will rise, and will show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. |
What does Mark 13:22 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 13:14-23
The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these…
Mark 13:22 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 13:22
- Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8-14
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: …
- Mark 13:6
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
- 1 John 2:26
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
- Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- John 10:27-28
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- Revelation 13:13-14
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
- Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
- John 4:48
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
- 1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
- Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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- 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 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
- Mark 13:23
But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
Mark 13:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque se levantarán falsos Cristos y falsos profetas, y darán señales y prodigios, para engañar, si se pudiese hacer, aun á los escogidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car il s’élèvera de faux christs et de faux prophètes; et ils montreront des signes et des prodiges, pour séduire, si possible, même les élus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn es werden falsche Christi und falsche Propheten aufstehen und werden Zeichen und Wunder tun, um wenn möglich auch die Auserwählten zu verführen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Exsurgent enim pseudochristi et pseudoprophetæ, et dabunt signa et portenta ad seducendos, si fieri potest, etiam electos. |