Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4Jesus answered them, “Make sure no one leads you astray.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11Many false prophets will rise up and lead many astray.
John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and yet you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Acts 8:9Now a man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, declaring himself to be someone great.
Revelation 13:8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of 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 →