KJV King James Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 24:5
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
WEB World English Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.
ASV American Standard Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
πολλοὶG4183 · polusmuchγὰρG1063 · garforἐλεύσονταιG2064 · erchomaito come/goἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀνόματίG3686 · onomanameμουG3165 · memeλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayἐγώG1473 · egōI/weεἰμιG1510 · eimito beὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoχριστός,G5547 · ChristosChristκαὶG2532 · kaiandπολλοὺςG4183 · polusmuchπλανήσουσιν.G4105 · planaōto lead astray
Cross-references
Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.Matthew 24:11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.Jeremiah 14:14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.1 John 2:18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.Acts 5:36-37For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.Acts 8:9-10But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.John 5:43I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.Jeremiah 23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.Revelation 13:8And all that 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.
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