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Acts 5:37

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

KJV

μετὰ τοῦτον ἀνέστη Ἰούδας ὁ Γαλιλαῖος ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀπογραφῆς καὶ ἀπέστησεν λαὸν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ· κἀκεῖνος ἀπώλετο, καὶ πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διεσκορπίσθησαν.

Greek NT

Post hunc extitit Judas Galilæus in diebus professionis, et avertit populum post se : et ipse periit, et omnes quotquot consenserunt ei, dispersi sunt.

Vulgate

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

ASV

After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαλιλαῖος
galilaios
noun · 11×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διασκορπίζω
diaskorpizo
verb · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κἀκεῖνος
kakeinos
demonstrative · 24×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἀπογραφή
apographe
noun · 2×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἀφίστημι
aphistemi
verb · 14×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰούδας
ioudas
noun · 37×
ὀπίσω
opiso
adverb · 35×
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: λαὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: λαὸν | RP: + ἱκανὸν
  • λαὸνSBLGNT
  • λαὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἱκανὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. And now, after this necessary introduction to our proposed history of the Church, we can enter, so to speak, upon our journey, beginning with the appearance of our Saviour in the flesh. And we invoke God, the Father of the Word, and him, of whom we have been speaking, Jesus Christ himself our Saviour and Lord, the heavenly Word of God, as our aid and fellow-laborer in the na…

Cross-references

  • Luke 2:1 — And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
  • Matt 26:69 — Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.