Matthew 24:5
"for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 that no one misleads you," answered Jesus;
Cross References
Matthew 24:11Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;
John 5:43I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.
Acts 8:9Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human.
Revelation 13:8And all the inhabitants of the earth will be found to be worshipping him: every one whose name is not recorded in the Book of Life--the Book of the Lamb who has been offered in sacrifice ever since the creation 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 →