Our Savior predicted that many pretended Messiahs would come, Mt 24:24 and his word has been abundantly fulfilled. One of them named Coziba lived within followers, and occasioned the death of more than half a million of Jews. Others have continued to appear, even down to modern times.

Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Mt 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared (the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of the prophets.