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

And set up false witnesses who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.

And having brought them to the pretors, they said, These men,

But not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying aloud, These men, that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also:

stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: yea, and hath even brought Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place.

And they heard him to this word, and then lifted up their voice and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; for concerning this sect, we know, that it is every where spoken against.

Happy are ye when men shall revile and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord.

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and off-scouring of all things to this day.

And a mover

And they accused him saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying, that he himself is Christ a king.

which war against the soul, Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Nazarenes

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

General references

This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

And they neither found me disputing with any man in the temple, nor making an insurrection among the people, either in the synagogues or in the city.