Matthew 24:5
For many shall come in my name, saying, *I* am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Matthew 24:11and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead many;
John 5:43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Acts 8:9But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
Revelation 13:8and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.
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 →