{In my name} (epi t(9369) onomati mou). They will arrogate to
themselves false claims of Messiahship in (on the basis of) the
name of Christ himself. Josephus (_Wars_ VI, 54) gives there
false Christs as one of the reasons for the explosion against
Rome that led to the city's destruction. Each new hero was
welcomed by the masses including Barcochba. "I am the Messiah,"
each would say. Forty odd years ago two men in Illinois claimed
to be Messiah, each with followers (Schlatter, Schweinfurth). In
more recent years Mrs. Annie Besant has introduced a theosophical
Messiah and Mrs. Eddy made claims about herself on a par with
those of Jesus.