Acts 24:5 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 24:5

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

BSB

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ASV

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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:

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

To be numbered among the Nazarenes was a matter of disgrace; therefore Tertullus was demeaning Paul from this angle as well, since Nazareth was an insignificant city. He calls the Nazarenes heretics, as though such a sect also existed among the Jews. But Tertullus was …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow,.... Pointing to Paul, the prisoner at the bar; the word here used signifies the "pest" or "plague" itself; and it was usual with orators among the Romans, when they would represent a man as a very wicked man, as dangerous to the state, and unworthy to live in it, to call him the pest of the city, or of the country, or of the empire, as may be observed in several places in Cicero's Orations.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Cyprian was condemned to die for being a Christian, this was inserted in hi sentence, that he was auctor iniqui nominis et signifer--The author and standard-bearer of a wicked cause. Now it was true that Paul was an active leading man in propagating Christianity.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

We have found this man a pestilent fellow - λοιμὸν loimon This 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 disturbances everywhere among the Jews. And a mover of sedition - An exciter of tumult.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εὑρόντες	heurontes	Having found	G2147 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
ἄνδρα	andra	man	G435 →
τοῦτον	touton	this	G3778 →
λοιμὸν	loimon	a pest	G3061 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κινοῦντα	kinounta	stirring	G2795 →
στάσεις	staseis	insurrections	G4714 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	among all	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίοις	Ioudaiois	Jews	G2453 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
κατὰ	kata	in	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκουμένην	oikoumenēn	world	G3625 →
πρωτοστάτην	prōtostatēn	a leader	G4414 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Ναζωραίων	Nazōraiōn	Nazarenes	G3480 →
αἱρέσεως·	haireseōs	sect;	G139 →

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
Acts 21:28
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and…
leads to
- Acts 24:5–6
  We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 28:22
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
leads to
- Acts 24:14
  I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:12
  Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
Through
Acts 24:14
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and…
leads to
- Acts 9:2
  and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- Romans 3:21
  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
- Acts 3:13
  The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
Through
Acts 15:5
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
leads to
- Galatians 5:1–3
  It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Through
Acts 26:5
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
leads to
- Acts 23:6
  Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in…

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06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Acts