Matthew 24:25

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Take note: I have told you in advance.

King James Version (1611)
Behold, I haue told you before.

King James Version
Behold, I have told you before.

English Standard Version
See, I have told you beforehand.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have told you in advance.

New Century Version
Now I have warned you about this before it happens.

Amplified Bible
"Listen carefully, I have told you in advance.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, I have told you in advance.

Berean Standard Bible
See, I have told you in advance.

Contemporary English Version
But I have warned you ahead of time.

Complete Jewish Bible
There! I have told you in advance!

Darby Translation
Behold, I have told you beforehand.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now I have warned you about this before it happens.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I have told you in advance.

Good News Translation
Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.

Lexham English Bible
Behold, I have told you ahead of time!

Literal Translation
Behold, I tell you beforehand.

American Standard Version
Behold, I have told you beforehand.

Bible in Basic English
See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

Hebrew Names Version
"Behold, I have told you beforehand.

International Standard Version
Remember, I have told you this beforehand.

Etheridge Translation
(observe ! I have told you before,)

Murdock Translation
Behold, I have told you beforehand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

English Revised Version
Behold, I have told you beforehand.

World English Bible
Behold, I have told you beforehand.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Behold I have told you before.

Weymouth's New Testament
Remember, I have forewarned you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y haue bifor seid to you.

Update Bible Version
Look, I have told you beforehand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I have told you before.

New English Translation
Remember, I have told you ahead of time.

New King James Version
See, I have told you beforehand.

New Living Translation
See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.

New Life Bible
Listen! I have told you before it comes.

New Revised Standard
Take note, I have told you beforehand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! I have foretold you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.

Revised Standard Version
Lo, I have told you beforehand.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Take hede I have tolde you before.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I did tell you beforehand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

Mace New Testament (1729)
remember, I have forewarn'd you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I'm readyin' the trail for you and givin' you ample warning ahead of time.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, I have told you in advance.

Contextual Overview

⁴Jesus said, "Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.' They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming. ⁹"They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other's throat, everyone hating each other. ¹¹"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes. ¹³"Staying with it—that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved. All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come. ¹⁵"But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you've read Daniel, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you're living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you're working in the yard, don't return to the house to get anything; if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won't happen during the winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹"This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God's chosen people, the trouble will be cut short. ²³"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here's the Messiah!' or points, ‘There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I've given you fair warning. ²⁶"So if they say, ‘Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, ‘Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn't something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it's not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds. ²⁹ "Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble. ³⁰"Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it. Unready people all over the world, outsiders to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he'll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God's chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 44:7, Isaiah 44:8, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 48:5, Isaiah 48:6, Luke 21:13, John 16:1

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:23 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 18:22 - the lord hath Proverbs 27:18 - shall be Proverbs 31:15 - and giveth Ezekiel 3:21 - if thou Matthew 7:15 - false Matthew 28:7 - lo Luke 17:34 - I tell John 13:19 - I tell John 14:29 - General John 16:4 - that when 1 Corinthians 9:17 - dispensation 1 Timothy 5:17 - rule 2 Timothy 2:2 - faithful Hebrews 11:7 - warned 2 Peter 3:17 - seeing 2 John 1:8 - Look

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have told you before. Meaning not before in this discourse, though he had in Matthew 24:5 signified also, that false Christs, and false prophets should arise, but before these things came to pass; so that they had sufficient notice and warning of them, and would be inexcusable if they were not upon their guard against them; and which, when they came to pass, would furnish out a considerable argument in proof of him, as the true Messiah, against all these false ones, showing him to be omniscient; and so would serve to establish their faith in him, and be a means of securing them from such deceivers.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have told you before - Mark adds Mark 13:23, “take ye heed.” The reason why he told them before was that they might be on their guard, and be prepared for those calamities.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 24:25. Behold, I have told you before. — That is, I have forewarned you.