6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. …
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)Our Lord Jesus, in reply to their question, sets himself, not so much to satisfy their curiosity as to direct their consciences; leaves them still in the dark concerning the times and seasons , which the father has kept in his own power , and which it was not for them to know ; but gives them the cautions which were needful, with reference to the events that should now shortly come to pass. I. The…
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