Acts 24:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we desire to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But there arose certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
  • Acts 16:20-21 : 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.
  • Acts 17:6-7 : 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too; 7 Jason has welcomed them: and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.
  • Luke 23:2 : 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this man misleading the nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, claiming that He is Christ, a King.
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
  • 1 Cor 4:13 : 13 Being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
  • 1 Pet 2:12-15 : 12 Having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme, 14 Or to governors, as to those who are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were even more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here.
  • Luke 23:19 : 19 (who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.)
  • Luke 23:25 : 25 And he released to them the one who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder, whom they had asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
  • Acts 22:22 : 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.
  • 1 Sam 22:7-9 : 7 Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.
  • Ezra 4:12-19 : 12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us are come to Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls and joined the foundations. 13 Be it known now to the king, that, if this city is built, and the walls set up again, then they will not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so you will harm the revenue of the kings. 14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and certified the king; 15 That search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so you shall find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause this city was destroyed. 16 We certify the king that, if this city is built again, and the walls set up, by this means you will have no portion on this side of the river. 17 Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and to the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me. 19 And I commanded, and search has been made, and it is found that this city from old times has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
  • Neh 6:5-8 : 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 In which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says it, that you and the Jews plan to rebel: therefore you are building the wall, that you may be their king, according to these reports. 7 And you have also appointed prophets to announce concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now, therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.
  • Esth 3:8 : 8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are different from all people; neither do they keep the king's laws. Therefore, it is not profitable for the king to tolerate them."
  • Jer 38:4 : 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm.
  • Amos 7:10 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
  • Matt 2:23 : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?

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