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Acts 24:5
5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;
Acts 24:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
- New International Version (NIV)“We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect
- English Standard Version (ESV)For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Context of Acts 24:5
3we receive [it] always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. 4But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness. For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans; 6who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law; 7but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,
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εὑρόντες γὰρ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον λοιμὸν καὶ κινοῦντα στάσεις πᾶσιν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην πρωτοστάτην τε τῆς τῶν Ναζωραίων αἱρέσεως·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 24:5
- Acts 6:13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;
- Acts 16:20and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
- Acts 17:6and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,
- Acts 21:28crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
- Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
- Acts 28:22But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.
- 1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
- Jeremiah 38:4And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- Amos 7:10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.
- Matthew 10:25[It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
- 1 Corinthians 4:13insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.
- 1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- Ezra 4:12Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations.
- Nehemiah 6:5Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,
- Esther 3:8And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Commentaries on Acts 24:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For we have found this man, etc. - Here the proposition of the orator commences. He accuses Paul, ant his accusation includes four particulars: - He is a pest, ; an exceedingly bad and wicked man. He excites disturbances and seditions against the Jews. He is the chief of the sect of the Nazarenes, who are a very bad people, and should not be tolerated. He has endeavored to pollute and profane the temple, and we took him in the fact. A pestilent fellow…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5We have found this man a pestilent fellow - ̀ loimonThis word is commonly applied to a plague or pestilence, and then to a man who corrupts the morals of others, or who is turbulent, and an exciter of sedition. Our translation somewhat weakens the force of the original expression. Tertullus did not say that he was a pestilent fellow, but that he was the very pestilence itself. In this he referred to their belief that he had been the cause of extensive…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world: A Roman court would have taken this charge very seriously. This language presents him as someone who causes unrest. It reflects a charge of political sedition (acting against the state), which a Roman court would have treated as a serious crime (see 16:21; 17:7; 18:13). People made similar accusations against Jesus to Pontius Pilate (Luke 23:2, 5, 14). sect: This term is used here in…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. a pestilent fellow--a plague, or pest. and a mover of sedition among all the Jews--by exciting disturbances among them. throughout the world--(See on Lu 2:1). This was the first charge; and true only in the sense explained on Ac 16:20. a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes--the second charge; and true enough.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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