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, and brought to nought.
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Gill's Exposition
After this man rose up, Judas of Galilee,.... Of whom Josephus thus says (k):
"there was a man of Galilee, by name Judas, who led his countrymen into rebellion, declaring it an evil, should they…
Barnes' Notes
For before those days - The “advice” of Gamaliel was to permit these men to go on. The “arguments” by which he enforced his advice were: That there were cases or precedents in point Act 5:36-37; and,…
Adam Clarke
Rose up Theudas - Josephus, Ant. lib. xx. cap. 4, sect. 1, mentions one named Theudas who was the author of an insurrection; about whom there has been much controversy whether he were the person…
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we…
Cambridge Bible
For before these days rose up Theudas Gamaliel proceeds to give illustrations that mere pretenders will come to naught. But about the mention of Theudas much discussion has been raised, because it is…
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