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Matthew 24:5

In my name

(επ τω ονοματ μου). They will arrogate to themselves false claims of Messiahship in (on the basis of) the name of Christ himself. Josephus (Wars VI, 54) gives there false Christs as one of the reasons for the explosion against Rome that led to the city's destruction. Each new hero was welcomed by the masses including Barcochba. "I am the Messiah," each would say. Forty odd years ago two men in Illinois claimed to be Messiah, each with followers (Schlatter, Schweinfurth). In more recent years Mrs. Annie Besant has introduced a theosophical Messiah and Mrs. Eddy made claims about herself on a par with those of Jesus.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 S...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    12. THE OLIVET DISCOURSE; THE KING REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE KINGDOM. Chapter s 24-25. CHAPTER 24 1. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. (Matthew 24:1 .) 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mat...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MATTHEW 24 F. THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE, AND THE PARABLES OF PAROUSIA (Mark 13*, Luke 21:5 *, Luke 17:23). Mt. follows Mk. fairly closely, but appends other eschatological sayings and illustrative...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    ,11-13,23-26 Jesus answered, "Be on the look-out lest anyone lead you astray, for many will come in my name saying, 'I am God's Anointed One,' and they will lead many astray. "And many false prophets...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    1: When Jesus had left the precincts of the Temple, he was going away; and his disciples came to him to point out to him the 2: buildings of the Temple area. He said to them, "Do you not see all these...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IN. upon: trading upon. Greek. _epi._ CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _saying, I am Christ_ Rather, THE Christ, the Messiah. The appearance of false Messiahs shall be the first sign. St John bears witness to the fulfilment of this sign: "Even now are there many antichri...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Matthew 24:1-22. PREDICTION OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM Mark 13:1–end. Luke 21:5-36 This chapter opens with the great discourse of Jesus, which is continued to the end of ch. 25. That discourse contains...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΓΏ ΕἸΜΙ Ὁ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ. The Christ, the Messiah. The appearance of false Messiahs shall be the first sign. St John bears witness to the fulfilment of this sign: ‘Even now are there many antichrists, where...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    par VER 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 TH...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM MATTHEW 24:1-14_ : As Matthew twenty-three ends Jesus laments the terrible things which would come upon that generation. (Matthew 23:36) He knew that even...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU— Our Saviour mentions false Christs as the first sign of his coming. He begins with this inall the evangelists, and in all uses almost the same words: only in St. Luk...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best appreh...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    1-14 Compare Mar_13:1-13; Luk_21:5-19. 1 The sanctuary was doomed, for it was no longer even a nominal shrine after He had left its courts. It was almost unbelievable that such buildings, with such en...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GREAT PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE END OF THE WORLD (Mark 13:8; Luke 21:7). Many of the most serious difficulties of this great discourse disappear when it is realised that our Lo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST. — Better, _the Christ._ No direct fulfilments of this prediction are recorded, either in the New Testament, or by Josephus, or other historians. Bar-Co...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται, etc., the _first_ omen the advent of _pseudo-Messiahs_. This first mentioned, quite naturally. Ruin of Jerusalem and the nation will come through revolt against Rome, and the de...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Signs prelusive of the end_. (Mark 13:5-13; Luke 21:8-19). Matthew 24:4. βλέπετε : again (_vide_ Matthew 24:2), but here = see to it,

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BE READY TO ENDURE Matthew 24:1-14 Successive generations have pored over these words of our Lord with great eagerness, endeavoring to extract from them a clear forecast of the future. In the case o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building would be demolished so that no single stone would be left u...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For many will come. One of these was Simon Magus, who in the Acts (chap. viii. ver. 10.) is mentioned as calling himself the power of God; hence the apostle St. John (1 epistle ii. 18,) says, and as y...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "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)...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._For many shall come in my name. _He does not as yet speak generally of false and perverse doctrines, but refers to one class which was sort of introduction to all errors, by which Satan has attempt...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have already seen that the rejection of the testimony to the kingdom in grace, is the cause of the judgment that falls upon Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Now in chapter 24 we have the position of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Ver. 5. _Shall come in my name_] Or, under my name, saying, I am Christ, as Theudas the Egyptian, Judas the Galilean, Acts...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him_ The disciples were desirous to know more of these events, when they should be, and how they should be; but thought it not proper t...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    False teachers abound in all ages, and seek in various ways to draw away disciples after them. We should not believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they be of God. 1 John 4:1. In order to d...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The question of the disciples as to details:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND SHALL DECEIVE MANY. The blunt prediction of Christ made a deep impression upon the disciples, and therefore they took advantage of the fact tha...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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. Th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Mark hath the same, MARK 13:6 Luke saith, LUKE 21:8, _Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not after them._ Our Saviour seemeth to have given this as a sig...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Cyprian Epistle LXXII "Many," He says, "shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many." And afterwards He added: "But take ye heed; behold, I have foretold you all things."[22]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 24:5 For G1063 many G4183 come G2064 (G5695) in G1909 My G3450 name G3686 saying G3004 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS' WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE FUTURE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-26). After having prepared His disciples and would be...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-51). a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly destroyed (Matthew 24:...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    1) OUTLINE OF THE GENERAL FUTURE OF THE WORLD DESCRIBING THE INITIAL BIRTH PAINS OF THE NEW AGE (24:4-8). Jesus begins by outlining the coming initial sufferings of the world, the ‘birth pains' of th...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah', and will lead many astray.” His first concern is that during this period many professing deliverers and saviours will arise among men, and w...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PAINS (THE EARLY CONTRACTIONS) (24:5-8). Jesus begins by describing the turbulent future that the world must face. This should not have been surprising to anyone who knew the Sc...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 24:5. COME IN MY NAME, as the Messiah. The Messianic hopes of the Jews were at fever heat, as the destruction of their holy city drew near; many enthusiasts appeared as seducers of the people,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 24:1. _And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciple came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 24:1. _And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple._ Ah, me! the rejected king took but slight interest in the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Destruction of the temple foretold. The course of the present age outlined; its culmination in the great tribulation and followed by the return of Christ in power and glory. Parable of the f...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 24:1. _The buildings of the temple._ Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the second t...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    DO NOT LET ANYONE FOOL YOU. By pretending to be the Messiah. Since they still expected Jesus to set up a political kingdom in Jerusalem during their lifetime, they needed this warning. Josephus, the J...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:1 The Delay, Return, and Judgment of the Messiah. These two chapters are often called the “Olivet Discourse” because Jesus “sat on the Mount of Olives” when he spoke these w...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS TELLS ABOUT THE FUTURE MATTHEW 24:1-28; MARK 13:1-23; LUKE 21:5-24; MATTHEW 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    1-51 CHAPTER 24 _And Jesus went out_, &c., according to His custom at eventide, to the Mount of Olives, to pass the night, and partake of food at Bethany, in the house of Martha and Mary, after He h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 24:1. TO SHOW HIM THE BUILDINGS OF THE TEMPLE.—Was that glorious house indeed to be left “desolate”? Would not the sight of its glories lead Him to recall those words of evil...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 24:1 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END. ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Jesus went out (Matthew 24:1), Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to see me again until you ar...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 5:36; Acts 5:37; Acts 8:10; Acts 8:9; Jeremiah 14:14;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    In my name [ε π ι τ ω ο ν ο μ α τ ι μ ο υ]. Lit., on my name, i e., on the strength of; resting their claims on the name Messiah....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Many shall come in my name — First, false Christs, next, false prophets, Matthew 24:11. At length, both together, Matthew 24:24. And indeed never did so many impostors appear in the world as a few yea...

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