Acts 24:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

Then they brought them before the praetors. "These men," they said, "are creating a great disturbance in our city.

But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.

They laid hands on him, crying out, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the Jewish people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has even brought Gentiles into the Temple and has desecrated this holy place."

Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live."

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."

"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?

when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.

And a mover

"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

Nazarenes

and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

General references

"This man," they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."

and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me.