Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Messiah: and they will deceive many.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
In Context
4Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed, that no one deceive you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:11And many false prophets will rise up; and they will deceive many.
John 5:43I came in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Acts 8:9And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage.
Revelation 13:8And all that dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb 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 →