Acts 21:38 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 21:38

“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”

BSB

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ASV

Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?

KJV

Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

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Commentary

1 voice

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

For there are three general sects among the Jews: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes; these lead a more devout life, being lovers of one another and temperate; therefore they are called Essenes, that is, holy; others called them Sicarii, that is, zealots. [ORIGEN]

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Art not thou that Egyptian, etc. - The history to which Claudius Lysias refers is taken from Josephus, Ant. lib. xx. cap. 7, sec. 6, and War, lib. ii. cap. 13, sec. 5, and is in substance as follows: An Egyptian, whose name is not known, pretended to be a prophet, and told his followers that the walls of Jerusalem would fall down before them, if they would assist him in making an attack on the city.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Art not thou that Egyptian, &c.--The form of the question implies that the answer is to be in the negative, and is matter of some surprise: "Thou art not then?" &c.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐκ	ouk	Surely	G3756 →
ἄρα	ara	then	G686 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
εἶ	ei	are	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
Αἰγύπτιος	Aiguptios	Egyptian	G124 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
τούτων	toutōn	these	G3778 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἡμερῶν	hēmerōn	days	G2250 →
ἀναστατώσας	anastatōsas	having led a revolt	G387 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξαγαγὼν	exagagōn	having led out	G1806 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἔρημον	erēmon	wilderness	G2048 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
τετρακισχιλίους	tetrakischilious	four thousand	G5070 →
ἄνδρας	andras	men	G435 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
σικαρίων;¶	sikariōn	Assassins?	G4607 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:14
  If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Luke 21:17
  And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
- Mark 13:13
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 24:9
  Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Luke 6:22
  Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Through
1 Corinthians 4:13
when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:45
  You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
- Acts 22:22
  The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
Through
Matthew 24:26
So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:3
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts