Mark 13:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am `he', and many they shall lead astray;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λέγοντες, ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι· καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν.

Transliteration

Polloi gar eleusontai upon the onomati of-me, legontes, that Egō eimi; and many planēsousin.

Grammar Details

• *Polloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - many
• *gar*: explanatory conjunction - for/because
• *eleusontai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd plural - will come
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name [in my name]
• *legontes*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
• *Egō eimi*: 1st singular pronoun + present, indicative, 1st singular - I am
• *planēsousin*: future, indicative, active, 3rd plural - will deceive/mislead

Word Meanings

• *Polloi*: many/numerous
• *eleusontai*: will come/arrive/appear
• *onomati*: name/title/reputation
• *Egō eimi*: I am [possibly claiming to be Messiah]
• *planēsousin*: will deceive/mislead/lead astray

Referenced Verses

• Mark 13:22 : 22 for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;
• Jer 14:14 : 14 And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.
• Jer 23:21-25 : 21 I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied. 22 But -- if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings. 23 A God near `am' I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off? 24 Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah. 25 I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
• Matt 24:5 : 5 for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,
• Matt 24:11 : 11 `And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;
• Matt 24:23-24 : 23 `Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here `is' the Christ! or here! ye may not believe; 24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.
• John 5:43 : 43 `I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive;
• John 8:24 : 24 I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am `he', ye shall die in your sins.'
• Acts 5:36-39 : 36 for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought. 37 `After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered; 38 and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown, 39 and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;