Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.
World English 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 them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:21I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
Matthew 24:11Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.
John 5:43I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
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 has been killed.
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 →