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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Matthew 24:5

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Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Many shall come in my name - First, false Christs, next, false prophets, Mat 24:11. At length, both together, Mat 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 24:6
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