Shall shew great signs and wonders. — Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-11) and Elymas (Acts 13:6) may be taken as representative instances of these false claimants to supernatural powers. So “signs and lying wonders” are the notes of the coming of the Wicked One, in whom the mystery of iniquity shall receive its full development (2 Thessalonians 2:9). But for the warning thus given, even the “elect” — i.e., the Christians of Judæa and Jerusalem — might have been carried away by the current of popular delusions.
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Matthew 24:24
24 For 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.