Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and they will deceive many.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4And Jesus responding said to them, See, lest any one may deceive you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11And many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not receive me: if another may come in his own name, you will receive him.
Acts 8:9And a certain man, by name Simon, was formerly practicing magic in the city, and bewitching the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great man:
Revelation 13:8And all those who dwell upon the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him.
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 →