King James Version
Matthew 24:11 in the King James Version says “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
Matthew 24:11 · KJV
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“many”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
“false prophets”
G5578a spurious prophet, i.e., pretended foreteller or religious impostor
“shall rise”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“many”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
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