Acts 24:5

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;

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We have found this man a pestilent fellow - λοιμὸν loimon This word is commonly applied to a plague or pestilence, and then to a man who cor...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For we have found this man [a] (c) pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a (d) ringleader of the s...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hearing before Felix: Speech for the Prosecution. It would take five days (1) for the summons of Lysias ( Acts 23:30 ) to be acted on, and the pros...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pestilent. Greek. loimos, . plague. Occurs elsewhere. Matthew 24:7 ; Luke 21:11 . a mover of . stirring up. sedition . Greek. stasis . See...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 5. For we found this man. Tertullus doth aim at a double mark. The first is this, that Paul may be delivered to the Jews, because they be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul before felix 1-27. St Paul and Felix. 1. Tertullus] in spite of his Roman name may have been a Greek or even a Jew (cp.'our Law,' AV Act...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Able ] rather, 'influential.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We have found this man a pestilent fellow. — The Greek gives the more emphatic substantive, a pestilence, a plague. The advocate passes from flat...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Truth against Slander Acts 24:1-16 Paul was always on the lookout for the one ray of light in murky skies. He found a reason for counting himse...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Tertullus, who appeared here, was a Roman barrister, it being necessary for the Jews to employ such in presenting their cases before a Roman tribunal...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against P...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow ,.... Pointing to Paul, the prisoner at the bar; the word here used signifies the "pest" or "plague" i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious Ινα δε μη επι πλειον σε εγκοπτω, that I may not trouble thee any further , by trespassing either on...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews did not delay long just taking enough time (5 days) to make plans by which to influence Felix against Paul. The high priest and elders of th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Speech of Tertullus. 1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A pestilent fellow; a pest, or plague, the abstract being put for the concrete, as implying, that no word he could use could properly signify the m...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 24:1 . After five days .—Reckoned from Paul’s departure from Jerusalem (Kuinoel, Meyer, De Wette, Hackett, Alford, Plumptr...
Scofield Reference Notes

world (Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth"). ( See Scofield) - ( Luke 2:1 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 24:1 . After five days, Ananias descended with the elders; to intimidate the governor, and ensure the destruction of Paul, as they had done w...
The Biblical Illustrator

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended … with a certain orator named Tertullus. Paul before Felix--a picture of barristerial depra...
The Biblical Illustrator

We have found this man … a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. The Nazarene and the sect of the Nazarenes (text, and Matthew 2:23 ):--...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 24:1 The high priest Ananias came down for Ananias the high priest descended, A.V.; certain elders for the elders,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:19 ; 1 Corinthians 4:13 ; 1 Kings 18:17 ; 1 Kings 18:18 ; 1 Peter 2:12-15 ; 1 Peter 2:19 ; 1 Samuel 22:7-9 ; Acts 15:5 ; Ac...

⁵ 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:

Related Commentaries of Acts 24:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 24:5