Matthew 24:5
for many shall come in my name saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.
1770 John Worsley 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 answered them, See that no one deceive you:
Cross References
Matthew 24:11and because iniquity shall abound,
John 5:43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Acts 8:9But there was before in the city a man named Simon practising magic and bewitching the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great person.
Revelation 13:8So that all 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 →