Matthew 24:5

King James Version

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah.' And they will fool many people.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Christ and shall deceave many.

International Standard Version
For many will come in my name and say, 'I am the Christ,'[fn] and they will deceive many people.Jeremiah 14:14; 23:24-25; Matthew 5:11; 23:24; John 5:43;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many people.

New Century Version
Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and they will fool many people.

Update Bible Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Webster's Bible Translation
For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many.

Amplified Bible
"For many will come in My name [misusing it, and appropriating the strength of the name which belongs to Me], saying, 'I am the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),' and they will mislead many.

English Standard Version
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.

World English Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

Weymouth's New Testament
"for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For many schulen come in my name, and schulen seie, Y am Crist; and thei schulen disseyue manye.

English Revised Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Berean Standard Bible
For many will come in My name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Contemporary English Version
Many will come and claim to be me. They will say that they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people.

American Standard Version
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

Bible in Basic English
For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

Complete Jewish Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.

Darby Translation
For many shall come in my name, saying, *I* am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.

Etheridge Translation
for many will come in my name and will say, I am the Meshicha; and many will be deceived.

Murdock Translation
For many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Messiah: and they will deceive many.

King James Version (1611)
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and shall deceiue many.

New Living Translation
for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.' They will deceive many.

New Life Bible
Many people will come using My name. They will say, ‘I am Christ.' They will fool many people and will turn them to the wrong way.

New Revised Standard
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

George Lamsa Translation
For many will come in my name, and say, I am the Christ, and they will deceive many.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, many, will come upon my name, saying - I, am the Christ, - and will, deceive many.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many.

Revised Standard Version
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christe: and shall deceaue many.

Good News Translation
Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will fool many people.

Christian Standard Bible®
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

Hebrew Names Version
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah,' and will lead many astray.

Lexham English Bible
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and they will deceive many.

Literal Translation
For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ. And they will cause many to be led astray.

Young's Literal Translation
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For there shal many come in my name, and saye: I am Christ, and shal disceaue many.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ: and shall deceive many.

New English Translation
For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

New King James Version
For many will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Simplified Cowboy Version
There's gonna be a whole mess of people who claim to be me. They will ride into town and claim to be the cowboy who has come to save you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

Legacy Standard Bible
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Contextual Overview

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 they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. ¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Matthew 24:11, Matthew 24:24, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:21, Jeremiah 23:25, John 5:43, Acts 5:36, Acts 5:37, Acts 8:9, Acts 8:10, Revelation 13:8

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:8 - Let Jeremiah 37:9 - Deceive Matthew 7:15 - false Mark 13:5 - Take Mark 13:6 - and shall Mark 13:21 - General Luke 21:8 - Take 2 Thessalonians 2:2 - by spirit 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - that 1 Timothy 4:1 - depart 2 Peter 2:1 - even 1 John 2:18 - ye have 1 John 4:1 - believe not

Cross-References

Genesis 24:58
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Exodus 9:2
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

Jeremiah 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For many shall come in my name,.... by his orders, or with delegated powers and authority from him; but should assume the name of the Messiah, which was peculiarly his, to themselves; and take upon them his office, and challenge the honour and dignity which belonged unto him:

saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many. This is the first sign, preceding the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem; as there was a general expectation among the Jews of a Messiah; that is, of one that should arise and deliver them from the Roman yoke, which was the common idea tacked to that word; in this period of time, many set up themselves to be deliverers and redeemers of the people of Israel: who had each of them their followers in great numbers, whom they imposed upon, and brought to destruction. Of this sort was Theudas, not he that Gamaliel speaks of, Acts 5:36 for he was before this time; but one that was in the time of Claudius Caesar, when Cuspius Fadus was governor of Judea; who persuaded a great number to follow him to the river Jordan, which he promised to divide, by a word of command, and give them a passage over; and thereby, as the historian observes c, πολλους ηπατησην, "he deceived many"; which is the very thing that is here predicted: but he and his company were routed Fadus, and his head cut off. There was another called the Egyptian, mentioned in Acts 21:38 who made an uproar, and led four thousand cut-throats into the wilderness; and this same man persuaded thirty thousand men to follow him to Mount Olivet, promising a free passage into the city; but he being vanquished by Felix, then governor of Judea; fled, and many of his followers were killed and taken d: and besides, there were many more magicians and impostors, that pretended to signs and wonders, and promised the people deliverance from their evils, by whom they were imposed upon to their ruin. There were others also besides these, that set up for deliverers, who called themselves by the name of the Messiah. Among these, we may reckon Simon Magus, who gave out that he was some great one; yea, expressly, that he was the word of God, and the Son of God e, which were known names of the Messiah; and Dositheus the Samaritan, asserted himself to be Christ f; and also Menander affirmed, that no man could be saved, unless he was baptized in his name g; these are instances before the destruction of Jerusalem, and confirm the prophecy here delivered.

c Joseph. Antiq. l. 20. c. 2. d Joseph. Antiq. l. 20. c. 6. e Jerom in loc. Iren. adv. Haeres. l. 1. c. 20. f Origen contr. Cels. l. 1. p. 44. g Tertull. de prescript. Haeret. c. 46.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take heed ... - Jesus, in reply to their question, first gives them a caution to beware of deception. They were to be constantly on their guard, because many would arise to deceive the people.

Many shall come in my name - Not in the name or by the authority of Jesus, or claiming to be His followers, and to be sent by him, but in the name of the Messiah, or claiming to be the Messiah.

I am Christ - I am the Messiah. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. The Messiah was expected at that time, Matthew 2:1-2. Many would lay, claims to being the Messiah, and, as He was universally expected, multitudes would easily be led to believe in them. There is abundant evidence that this was fully accomplished. Josephus informs us that there were many who pretended to divine inspiration; who deceived the people, leading out numbers of them into the desert. “The land,” says He “was overrun with magicians, seducers, and impostors, who drew the people after them in multitudes into solitudes and deserts, to see I the signs and miracles which they promised to show by the power of God.” Among these are mentioned particularly Dositheus, the Samaritan, who affirmed that He was Christ; Simon Magus, who said He appeared among the Jews as the Son of God; and Theudas, who persuaded many to go with him to the river Jordan, to see the waters divided. The names of 24 false Messiahs are recorded as having appeared between the time of the Emperor Adrian and the year 1682.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

The FIRST sign is false Christs.

Verse Matthew 24:5. For many shall come in my name —

1. 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 deliver up that people into the hands of false Christs who had rejected the true one. Soon after our Lord's crucifixion, Simon Magus appeared, and persuaded the people of Samaria that he was the great power of God, Acts 8:9-10; and boasted among the Jews that he was the son of God.

2. Of the same stamp and character was also Dositheus, the Samaritan, who pretended that he was the Christ foretold by Moses.

3. About twelve years after the death of our Lord, when Cuspius Fadus was procurator of Judea, arose an impostor of the name of Theudas, who said he was a prophet, and persuaded a great multitude to follow him with their best effects to the river Jordan, which he promised to divide for their passage; and saying these things, says Josephus, he deceived many: almost the very words of our Lord.

4. A few years afterwards, under the reign of Nero, while Felix was procurator of Judea, impostors of this stamp were so frequent that some were taken and killed almost every day. Jos. Ant. b. xx. c. 4. and 7.