Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 17:23
Verse 23. And they shall say] Or, And IF they shall say. Two MSS., the Syriac and Armenian, have ean, IF. See here] KM, sixteen others, and the later Syriac, have o cristov, Behold the Christ is here. This is undoubtedly the meaning of the place. See on Matt. xxiv. 23.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. And they shall say unto you, see here, or see there , etc.] That is, there is Christ; and in two of Beza's exemplars, the word Christ is added as in ( Matthew 24:23) from whence it seems to be transcribed: and the sense is, it shall be said by one or another; Christ is in such a place, or he is in such a place, and he will quickly appear, and deliver the people of the Jews out of all their distresses and calamities by the Romans, Go not after them nor follow [them] : the last clause, nor follow them, is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; the meaning is, give no credit to them; as if Christ was come again in person, and was in such a place, do not go along with them, where they direct, as into the desert, or into the secret chambers; for to follow them will be very dangerous, of bad consequence, as well as vain and fruitless; (see Acts 5:36,37).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-37 - The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divin grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what stat the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Her is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man i revealed. When Christ came to destroy the Jewish nation by the Roma armies, that nation was found in such a state of false security as i here spoken of. In like manner, when Jesus Christ shall come to judg the world, sinners will be found altogether regardless; for in lik manner the sinners of every age go on securely in their evil ways, an remember not their latter end. But wherever the wicked are, who ar marked for eternal ruin, they shall be found by the judgments of God __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ερουσιν 2046 5692 V-FAI-3P υμιν 5213 P-2DP ιδου 2400 5628 V-2AAM-2S ωδε 5602 ADV η 2228 PRT ιδου 2400 5628 V-2AAM-2S εκει 1563 ADV μη 3361 PRT-N απελθητε 565 5632 V-2AAS-2P μηδε 3366 CONJ διωξητε 1377 5661 V-AAS-2P
Robertson's NT Word Studies
17:23 {Go not away nor follow after them} (me apelqete mede diwxete). Westcott and Hort bracket apelqete mede. Note aorist subjunctive with me in prohibition, ingressive aorist. Do not rush after those who set times and places for the second advent. The Messiah was already present in the first advent (verse #21) though the Pharisees did not know it.
