Matthew 24:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

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 years before the destruction of Jerusalem; undoubtedly because that was the time wherein the Jews in general expected the Messiah.

Matthew 24:5

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