Acts 24:5

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Summary

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:

We have

And a mover

Luke 23:2

1 Peter 2:12

Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

General references

Acts 18:13

Acts 24:12

Bible References

We have

They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place, and the law;

and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place."

Up to this word they listened to him, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he ought not to live."

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against."

Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

And a mover

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Nazarenes

and he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

General references

saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law."

They did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.