For Many Will Come in My Name (come in your name OR come in your title?) Matthew 24: 5

What? Simon Magus only or those who came under the heading messiah?

BEFORE THE JEWISH CIVIL WAR AND REVOLT

The Egyptian Prophet
The Samaritan Restorer

DURING THE JEWISH CIVIL WAR AND REVOLT

Menachem
Simon bar Gioras
Third, one and more than one who deceived people by proclaiming God commanded them to go to the Temple to receive their reward of deliverance (where they were rewarded with death, misused in a ploy to stop desertions from revolution.)

1
Before the Jewish Civil War, The Egyptian Prophet and the Samaritan Restorer did not reference Jesus or the name of Jesus.
2
During the CIVIL WAR, Menachem and Simon bar Gioras did not reference Jesus of the late 20s/early 30s.

So, Mark writing closer to the Jewish Civil War and Revolt than to the late 20s/early 30s is likely going with the false messiahs coming in the TITLE Messiah, not in the name of Jesus (late 20s/early 30s).

Contemporary Relevance – you really think Mark is referring to Simon Magus and the readers of Mark, in reverse chronology, are jumping back over the other False Messiahs?

Bart, are we looking for Jesus’ name or Jesus’ title?