Matthieu 24:4

4 Et Jésus, répondant, leur dit: Prenez garde que personne ne vous séduise.

Matthieu 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:4

And Jesus answered and said unto them
Not to indulge their curiosity, but to instruct them in things useful to be known, and which might be cautions to them and others, against deceivers; confirm them in the faith of himself, when they should see his predictions accomplished; and be directions to them, of what might shortly be expected.

Take heed that no man deceive you:
by pretending to come from God with a new revelation, setting himself up for the Messiah, after my departure; suggesting himself to be the person designed by God to be the deliverer of Israel, and to be sent by him, to set up a temporal kingdom, in great worldly splendour and glory; promising great names, and high places of honour and trust in it; things which Christ knew his disciples were fond of, and were in danger of being ensnared by; and therefore gives them this suitable and seasonable advice, and caution.

Matthieu 24:4 In-Context

2 Et Jésus leur dit: Ne voyez-vous pas tout cela? Je vous dis en vérité qu'il ne restera ici pierre sur pierre qui ne soit renversée.

3 Et s'étant assis sur la montagne des Oliviers, ses disciples vinrent à lui en particulier et lui dirent: Dis-nous quand ces choses arriveront, et quel sera le signe de ton avènement et de la fin du monde.

4 Et Jésus, répondant, leur dit: Prenez garde que personne ne vous séduise.

5 Car plusieurs viendront en mon nom, disant: Je suis le Christ, et ils séduiront beaucoup de gens.

6 Vous entendrez parler de guerres et de bruits de guerres; prenez garde de ne pas vous troubler, car il faut que toutes ces choses arrivent; mais ce ne sera pas encore la fin.