Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will lead astray many.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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: Take heed, lest any one lead you astray.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
John 5:43I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Acts 8:9But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;
Revelation 13:8And all who dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which is 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 →