pestilent. Greek. loimos,. plague. Occurs elsewhere. Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.
a mover of. stirring up.
sedition. Greek. stasis. See note on Acts 15:2. The texts read "seditions".
among. Dative case.
throughout. Greek. kata. App-104.
world. Greek. oikoumene. App-129.
ringleader. Greek. Greek. protostates. Only here.
sect. Greek. hairesis. See note on Acts 5:17.
Nazarenes. Compare Acts 6:14. Only here is the term applied to believers. The Jews would not call them Christians (Acts 11:26), as that was derived from the word for Messiah; so Tertullus was instructed to call them Nazarenes. Compare Acts 22:8.