Matthew 24:5
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 deceives you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11Then many false prophets will be raised up, and they will deceive many.
John 5:43I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
Acts 8:9Now a certain man named Simon was previously in the city practicing magic and astounding the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great,
Revelation 13:8And all those who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose name is not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb 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 →