Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will deceive many.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceive you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise, and deceive many;
John 5:43I have come in my Father’s name, and you receive me not; if another should come in his own name, him you would receive.
Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, named Simon, who had, before this time, been practicing magic in the city, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;
Revelation 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, those whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all 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 famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →