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Acts 21:38

36 For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

37 As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”

39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
KJV
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
WEB
Aren’t you then the Egyptian who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?”
ASV
Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?
DARBY
Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?
BLB
Are you not, then, the Egyptian, the one before these days having led a revolt and having led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?”
ÅB
Er du da ikke den egypter som for en tid siden gjorde opprør og førte de fire tusen mordere ut i ørkenen?
OTB
Da er du ikke egypteren som for en tid siden hisset opp et opprør og ledet fire tusen menn av Sikariene ut i ørkenen?"
B1930
Er du da ikke den egypter som for nogen tid siden gjorde oprør og førte de fire tusen mordere ut i ørkenen?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 24:26

    So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

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  • Acts 5:36–37

    Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:13

    when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

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  • Matthew 5:11

    Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

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