Acts 5:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.

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  • Acts 8:9 : 9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
  • Acts 21:38 : 38 Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?
  • Gal 2:6 : 6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
  • 2 Thess 2:3-7 : 3 Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction, 4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God. 5 Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things? 6 And now it is clear to you what is keeping back his revelation till the time comes for him to be seen. 7 For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.
  • 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
  • Rev 17:3 : 3 And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns,
  • Rev 17:5 : 5 And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
  • Matt 24:26 : 26 If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

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    38 And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

  • Acts 1:15-17
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    15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

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    17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

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    34 But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

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    4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

    5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

  • 13 The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

  • 32 And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • 14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • 4 But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

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    5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

    7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

    8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

  • 40 For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

  • 7 And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

  • 19 And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

  • 24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

  • 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

  • 47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

  • 21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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    7 Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

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  • 2 And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

  • 23 And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

  • 31 And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

  • 16 But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

  • 22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.

  • 2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

  • 36 For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

  • 36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • 30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

  • 1 And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

  • 25 Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

  • 25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

  • 14 For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

  • 21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

  • 1 And they all went and took him before Pilate.

  • 9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

  • 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • 43 And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

  • 14 And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

  • 19 Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life.