Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4And Jesus answering said unto them, Beware that no man deceive you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.
John 5:43I have come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Acts 8:9But a certain man, named Simon, lived previously in that city, who practised magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria, giving out himself as an extraordinary great personage:
Revelation 13:8And all the inhabitants who dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain 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 →