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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:4-5

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:3-5

Matthew 24:3-5. 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 to ask him at present, the multitude probably still crowding about him, and therefore they take an opportunity of coming unto him privately, as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, from whence they had a full view of the city and temple, and there they prefer their request to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-31

131. The coming crisis (Matthew 24:1-31; Mark 13:1-27; Luke 21:5-28)Through his parables and other teachings, Jesus had spoken a number of times of his going away and his return in glory, which would bring in the climax of the age, the triumph of his kingdom and final judgment. His disciples apparently connected these events with the predicted destruction of Jerusalem. Therefore, when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the temple, his disciples immediately connected this with the return of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 24:5

in = upon: trading upon. Greek. epi. Christ = the Messiah. App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 24:5

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places; but the end is not yet. But all these things are the beginning of travail.The "signs" that Jesus mentioned in these verses are essentially... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 24:4-5

Matthew 24:4-5. 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 21:8 he adds, the time draweth near; and indeed within a little time this part of the prophesy began to be fulfilled. Very soon after our Saviour's decease, appeared Simon Magus, who boasted himself among the Jews as the son of God, and gave out among the Samaritans, that he was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 24:4-5

The destruction of Jerusalem and other similar catastrophes would not indicate that Messiah’s coming and the end of the present age were just around the corner, as Zechariah’s prophecy seemed to indicate. The future appearance of people who claimed to be the Messiah should not deceive the disciples into concluding that He had arrived either. Those who would come in Messiah’s name refers to those who would come claiming to be Messiah, not those who would come as Jesus’ representatives. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 24:4-6

2. Jesus’ warning about deception 24:4-6 (cf. Mark 13:5-7; Luke 21:8-9)Jesus began the Olivet Discourse by warning His disciples about the possibility of their concluding wrongly that He had returned or was just about to return. Kingsbury divided this speech on the "last times" as follows: (I) On Understanding Aright the Signs of the End (Matthew 24:4-35); (II) On Being on the Alert for Jesus’ Coming at the Consummation of the Age (Matthew 24:36 to Matthew 25:30); and (III) On the Second Coming... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:1-51

The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World Foretold1. Jesus went out] RV ’Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,’ etc.The buildings] The magnificent buildings, a mass of marble and gold, were not yet finished (see John 2:20). The rabbis said, ’He who has not seen the temple of Herod, has never seen a beautiful building. The sanctuary was made of green and white marble... Herod intended to have the building covered with gold, but the rabbis... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 24:5

(5) 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-Cochba (the “son of the star”), who claimed to be the “Star” of the prophecy of Balaam (Numbers 24:17), is often named as a fulfilment; but he did not appear till A.D. 120—nearly 50 years after the destruction of Jerusalem. In the excited fanaticism of the time, however, it was likely enough that... read more