Matthew 24:5
for many will come in my name and will say, I am the Meshicha; and many will be deceived.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4Jeshu answered and said to them, Beware that no man cause you to err;
Cross References
Matthew 24:11And many lying prophets shall stand up, and shall delude the multitudes.
John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and you have not received me.
Acts 8:9But a certain man was there whose name was Simon, who had dwelt in that city much time, and with his sorceries had deceived the people of the Shomroyee, magnifying himself, and saying, I am the Great.
Revelation 13:8And all those who inhabit on the earth will worship him, they whose name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb 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 →