Matthew 24:5
"for many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4"Take care," Jesus answered, "that no one mislead you;
Cross References
Matthew 24:11"Many false prophets will rise up and mislead many;
John 5:43"I am come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
Acts 8:9Now for some time a man named Simon had been practising sorcery in that city, and had amazed the people of Samaria. He gave himself out to be some great person.
Revelation 13:8and each one whose name has not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world. All who dwell on the earth shall 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 →