Matthew 24:11 Meaning

The fifth temptation or sort of exercise is the arising of many false teachers within the Church who shall brangle [dispute] the faith of the godly and deceive many.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)

Matthew 24:11 Meaning – Many False Prophets Shall Arise

Christians may be tempted to defection by their own teachers who, ere people be aware, may make defection themselves, and then fall to seduce the people; for it is said, Many false prophets shall arise.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)

Matthew 24:11 Meaning – Shall Deceive Many

This sort of temptation is ready to prevail with people and to draw such away whom open persecution could not drive from the truth; for it is said, They shall deceive many. Because disputation and opposition against the truth (for which we are called to suffer) by our own teachers, when they begin to swerve from the truth, is a harder onset against a man’s faith than when fire and sword is threatened, in the case of a cause clear, and not questioned by our teachers.

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)