Acts 24:5

Paul Before Felix At Caesarea Maritima

⁴ But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. ⁵ For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

Stirs Up Dissension

Nazarene

Paul

Roman

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it."

Acts 24:14

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

Acts 15:5

But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses."

Acts 26:5

They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

Acts 5:17

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Acts 16:20-21

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

Acts 17:6-7

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

Acts 21:28

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!"

1 Samuel 22:7-9

Saul said to his servants who were stationed around him, "Listen up, you Benjaminites! Is Jesse's son giving fields and vineyards to all of you? Or is he making all of you commanders and officers?

1 Kings 18:17-18

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?"

Ezra 4:12-19

Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.

Nehemiah 6:5-8

The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king's laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.

Jeremiah 38:4

So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them."

Amos 7:10

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

Matthew 2:23

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 5:11-12

"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Luke 23:5

But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!"

Luke 23:19

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

Luke 23:25

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

Acts 6:13

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Acts 22:22

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"

1 Corinthians 4:13

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

1 Peter 2:12-15

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

1 Peter 2:19

For this finds God's favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.