Matthew 24:5
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Acts 8:9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
Revelation 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
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 →