Luke 21:8

But he said to them, Beware lest you be seduced: for many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Meshicha; and the time hath drawn nigh: but go not you after them.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

In Context

7And they inquired of him, and said, Malphona, when shall these be? and what is the sign that these are nigh to be?

9And when you hear of wars and commotions, fear not: for these are first to be; but not yet cometh the end.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2and saying, Repent! the kingdom of heaven hath drawn nigh.

Matthew 24:4Jeshu answered and said to them, Beware that no man cause you to err;

Matthew 24:23Then if any one shall say to you, Lo, here is the Meshicha, or there; believe them not.

Mark 13:21Then, if any man shall say to you, Behold, here is the Meshicha! and, Behold, (he is) there! believe not.

John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and you have not received me.

Acts 5:36For before this time arose Thuda, and said of himself that he was something great, and there went after him four hundred men: and he was slain, and they who went after him were scattered and became as nothing.

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:6-20

Judgments Predicted. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time… Read the whole commentary →

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