Acts 5:36

Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.

Acts 8:9

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

Acts 21:38

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins into the wilderness?”

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:26

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

Galatians 2:6

Now from those recognized as important (what they really were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism)—they added nothing to me.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-7

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

2 Peter 2:2

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Jude 1:16

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

Revelation 17:3

So he carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns.

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

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Summary

Acts 5:36

For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

Boasting

To whom

Acts 21:38

2 Peter 2:2

Obeyed

Matthew 24:26

General references

Jeremiah 26:16

Bible References

Boasting

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

So he carried me away in the Spirit

to a desert. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and 10 horns.

To whom

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins

into the wilderness?”

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

Obeyed

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

General references

Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God!”