Matthew 24:23

James Moffatt - New Testament

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

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He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' — do not go after them.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

However the officer let himself be persuaded by the captain and the owner rather than by anything Paul could say,