Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
Art not thou that Egyptian, [ ouk (G3756 ) ara (G686 ) su (G4771) ei (G1487)] Since the grammatical form of the question implies that a negative answer is expected (and in this ease, to the surprise of the officer), the strict rendering of it should be 'Thou art not then that Egyptian,' etc.-Is it possible that thou art not? -- Which before these days madest an uproar ('an insurrection'), and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? х toon (G3588) sikarioon (G4607)] - 'of the sicarii,' or 'assassins.' Josephus twice over gives an account of this impostor and false prophet in his Antiquities (20: 8. 6), and in his 'Wars' (2: 13, 5). Both these accounts agree with what is said here, except that instead of 4000 Sicarii, Josephus, in the latter passage, says he collected about 30,000 men, whom he lured to his cause. But if we suppose that of this large force 4000 were desperadoes, the two statements are not at all inconsistent.