matthew-24:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 24:5

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 sign common both to the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world, though possibly before the destruction of Jerusalem, while the Jews were in expectation of a Messiah as a temporal prince or deliverer, there were more of them than afterward, for every one who could get a party together to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 24:1-14

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 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 omen?Matthew 24:2. See ye not all these things?—The expression, “all these things,” does not refer definitely to the buildings of the temple. It refers to these buildings only in so far as they were contingently connected with a more generic class of things, the things of dread significance to which... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-51

Chapter 24Now 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 are saying, "blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord."And so they are not going to see Him, until He comes, until He comes again.So as Jesus was going out,and departing from the temple: his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple ( Matthew 24:1 ).They were... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:1-51

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 temple renovated; the vessels, the priests, and even all the stones fit for use were still employed. After consulting a body of sacred critics on this subject, I find Dr. Lightfoot bears the palm. He does not detail lexicons, but being himself a rabbin of the first class, he everywhere... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:5

5 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 5:36-37 . Barhocab, and others of old, who were miserably slain by the Romans. (Joseph. Antiq. xvii. 12, xviii. 20; B. J. ii. 12.) So one Moor in King Edward VI’s time, took upon him to be Christ. So did Hacket in Queen Elizabeth’s time; David George likewise and others in Germany. Here in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 24:5

in: Matthew 24:11, Matthew 24:24, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:21, Jeremiah 23:25, John 5:43, Acts 5:36, Acts 5:37, Acts 8:9, Acts 8:10, Revelation 13:8 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:8 - Let Jeremiah 37:9 - Deceive Matthew 7:15 - false Mark 13:5 - Take Mark 13:6 - and shall Mark 13:21 - General Luke 21:8 - Take 2 Thessalonians 2:2 - by spirit 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - that 1 Timothy 4:1 - depart 2 Peter 2:1 - even 1 John 2:18 - ye have 1 John 4:1 - believe not read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 24:5

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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:5

5. Saying, I am Christ In regard to the historical fulfilments of the details, consult our comments on Mark. But this caution clearly shows that it was of a literal coming which the discourse is to treat, and not a figurative. The caution appears in more expanded form in the closing part of paragraph third, (Matthew 24:24-27,) and the same contrast is drawn. Surely no one can compare the two antitheses contained in Matthew 24:5-6 and in Matthew 24:24-27 without seeing that they contrast... read more