Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 21:8

"And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them." — Luke 21:8 (ASV)

Saying, I am Christ—Literally, I am. The italics show that the word “Christ” is an interpolation. The sentence is better left in the vagueness of the original, or with only a pronoun as the predicate, I am He. The use of these words in John 1:21 and John 8:58 shows that they had become significant even without a predicate.

The time draws near.—Better, the season has come near.

Go you not therefore...—The better manuscripts omit the last words.