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Douay-Rheims Bible

Matthew 24:25

Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   End of the World;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the Prophet;   Prophets;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Christ as;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jews;   Holman Bible Dictionary - False Christs;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Second Coming, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Jude, Epistle of;   Kingdom of God;   Olives, Mount of;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Supremacy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judah, the Kingdom of;   Matthew, Gospel by;   Tribulation;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - parousia;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jerusalem;   Matthew;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christs, False;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Thessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eschatology;  

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.
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

4 And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you. 5 For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many. 6 And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places. 8 Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many. 12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold. 13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

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

Cross-References

Genesis 24:4
But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:8
But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again.
Genesis 24:19
And when he had drunk, she said: I will draw water for thy camels also, till they all drink.
Genesis 24:21
But he musing, beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
Isaiah 32:8
But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
1 Peter 4:9
Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring,

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.


 
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