Treasury of Scripture
Wherefore. Our Lord not only foretells the appearance of these impostors, but also the manner and circumstance of their conduct. Accordingly, Josephus says that many impostors persuaded the people to follow them to the desert, promising them signs and wonders done by the providence of God. (See also Ac.
Matthew 21:38 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him...
). One persuaded the people to go up into the temple, which being set on fire by the Romans,
6,000 perished in the flames.
he is in the desert.
Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Luke 3:2,3 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness...
Acts 21:38 Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar...