Those who make the false claim of being the promised Christ. Jesus prophesied that deceivers of that kind would appear (Mt 24:5, 2328; Mk 13:22). Men of this nature before the destruction of Jerusalem were possibly Simon* Magus, Theudas, mentioned in Josephus as causing trouble in the days of gov. Fadus (Antiquities, XX, 5, 1), the Egyptian mentioned Acts 21:38, and Dositheus and Menander, whose names are reported by somewhat later writers. In the 2d c. appeared Bar Cocheba, a leader of the Jews in the disastrous insurrection of 132135. See also Simon Magus. Edited by: Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson©Concordia Publishing House, 2000, All rights Reserved. Reproduced with PermissionInternet Version Produced byThe Lutheran Church--Missouri SynodOriginal Editions ©Copyright 1954, 1975, 2000Concordia Publishing HouseAll rights reserved. Content Reproduced with Permission