Mark 13:5-6

13:5 Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out ¹  that no one misleads you. 13:6 Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ ²  and they will mislead many.

Mark 13:21-23

13:21 Then ³  if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ⁴  or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him. 13:22 For false messiahs ⁵  and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect. 13:23 Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

¹ tn Or “Be on guard.”

² tn That is, “I am the Messiah.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁴ tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁴ tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”