Acts 5:36

Theudas. The name is not uncommon in the Talmud.

boasting, &c.. saying that he was.

somebody. Greek. tis. App-123. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6.

joined themselves. Greek. proskollaomai. Only here, Matthew 19:5.Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31. Compare Acts 5:13.

obeyed. App-150.

scattered. Greek. dialuo Only here.. medical word.

brought. Literally came to be.

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³⁶ For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyedc him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

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Acts 5:36