Acts 21:38
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
KJV
οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀναστατώσας καὶ ἐξαγαγὼν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον τοὺς τετρακισχιλίους ἄνδρας τῶν σικαρίων;
Greek NT
nonne tu es Ægyptius, qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti, et eduxisti in desertum quatuor millia virorum sicariorum ?
Vulgate
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?
ASV
Art not thou that Egyptian who before these days didst raise a tumult and didst lead forth into the desert four thousand men that were murderers?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the procurators from Fadus through Albinus. The critical passage is Ant. 20.9.1, where Josephus records the execution of "James, the brother of Jesus who was called Christ" by the high priest Ananus in AD 62. This is the second independent Josephan reference to Jesus, and unlike the Testimonium, its authenticity is virtually undisputed by scholars. Also covers the famine…
Covers the period from Herod's death through the outbreak of the revolt in AD 66. Includes the census of Quirinius, Pilate's provocations, the rule of the procurators Felix and Festus (before whom Paul appeared), Agrippa II, and the growing revolutionary movement. Provides essential political context for the entire apostolic period.
1. After other matters he proceeds as follows: But the Jews were afflicted with a greater plague than these by the Egyptian false prophet. For there appeared in the land an impostor who aroused faith in himself as a prophet, and collected about thirty thousand of those whom he had deceived, and led them from the desert to the so-called Mount of Olives whence he was prepared to …
Cross-references
- Acts 5:36 — For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, a
- Acts 5:36 — For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, a
- Matt 24:26 — Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.