Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.
Our Lord Jesus, in reply to their question, sets himself, not so much to satisfy their curiosity as to direct their consciences; leaves them still in the dark concerning the times and seasons, which the father has kept in his own power, and which it was not for them to know; but gives them the cautions which were needful, with reference to the events that...
Commenting on Mark 13:5-13
For many shall come in my name,.... Taking upon them the name of the Messiah: saying, I am Christ; the word "Christ", is rightly supplied from Mat 24:5; otherwise in the original it is only, "I am"; which the Persic version doubles, reading it, "I am indeed, I am": he that was promised and expected, the true Messiah; he that was to come: and shall...
Saying, I am - The Christ, is added by eight MSS., Coptic, Armenian, Saxon, and four of the Itala.