Matthew 24:5

Matthew 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
• New International Version (NIV)For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

Context of Matthew 24:5

3Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?” 4Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. 6And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.

Matthew 24:5 word by word

πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ χριστός, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• shall comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• nameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shall deceiveπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105

Cross-references for Matthew 24:5

• Matthew 24:11And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.
• Jeremiah 14:14Then the Lord said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
• Jeremiah 23:21“I have not sent these prophets, yet they run around claiming to speak for me. I have given them no message, yet they go on prophesying.
• John 5:43For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them.
• Acts 5:36Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About 400 others joined him, but he was killed, and all his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing.
• Acts 8:9A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great.
• Revelation 13:8And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For many shall come in my name - Josephus says, (War, b. ii. c. 13), that there were many who, pretending to Divine inspiration, deceived the people, leading out numbers of them to the desert, pretending that God would there show them the signs of liberty, meaning redemption from the Roman power: and that an Egyptian false prophet led 30,000 men into the desert, who were almost all cut off by Felix. See Acts 21:38. It was a just judgment for God to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’: During AD 30 to 70, many false prophets and miracle workers claimed to be the Messiah. They convinced people to follow them, promising salvation (Josephus, Antiquities 18.4.1; 20.5.1; 20.8.6; War 6.5.2). The first known person to openly claim to be the Messiah was Bar Kochba in AD 132. It is unclear if Jesus was talking about impostors before the temple's destruction, false messiahs throughout the church Age, or possibly…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings