Matthew 24:4 Meaning

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”

(Matthew 24:4, KJV)

“And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray.”

(Matthew 24:4, ESV)

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1. Matthew 24:4 Meaning – Take heed
2. Matthew 24:4 Meaning – That No One Leads You Astray

Our Lord answers so as the disciples might be best edified.

The Lord’s words serve not to satisfy his people’s curiosity, but for their instruction and utility, as here we see.

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

Matthew 24:4 Meaning – Take heed

It is better for us to guard against the hazard wherein we may be before the world’s end than to be curious about the time when it shall end; therefore says Christ, Take heed that no man deceive you.

The special danger of the Church is from errors and false doctrine whereby their faith may be hurt; against this should we mainly watch, as Christ here warns, Take heed that no man deceive you.

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

The prevailing of deceivers with the multitude, which is more ready to believe lies than truth, should make the Lord’s people the more circumspect; therefore says he, Take heed, for many shall come, &c.

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

Matthew 24:4 Meaning – That No One Leads You Astray

I. 4-14. MISLEADING SIGNS. Found also in Mark 13:5-13; Luke 21:8-19. Alexander: “The divine wisdom of the Saviour and his knowledge of the perils which beset his followers are strikingly exemplified in this preliminary warning against error and delusion, this exposure of false signs before giving a description of the true. This method of proceeding is the more remarkable because the course suggested by fanatical excitement is the very opposite, and even wise men who devote themselves to such inquiries are too prone to look exclusively at what is positive in Christ’s instructions, without heeding this preliminary admonition, or even observing that his purpose in this first part of his discourse is not to tell what are but what are not the premonitions of the great catastrophe to which he here refers, whatever it may be.”

Broadus, John – Commentary on Matthew (1886)