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Acts 5:37-39
DIR By: clark thompson
Date: July 7, 2015, 9:34 pm
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Acts 5:37-39 King James Version (KJV)
37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the
taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished;
and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them
alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come
to nought:
39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be
found even to fight against God.
Acts 5:37-39
NHEB 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of
the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also
perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
38 Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them
alone. For if this counsel or this work is of man, it will be
overthrown. 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to
overthrow them, and you would be found even to be fighting
against God."
These are my thoughts, please share yours.
37 This was probably during the time Jesus was born. This man
got a big following. He died so they went away, they no longer
had someone to follow.
38 If God was not in it then it would not be something to worry
about this goes for all things even if they stay in time it is
clear if they are truly of God or not, at this point it was
being questioned about Jesus’ disciples. If things have been
around along time but do not point to God then they are kept
around because of the evils of this world that God has allowed
to stay for His greater plan.
39 The things that are of God can not be stopped and we are
foolish to try to stop them. The disciples all would die but the
Faith is still strong today because our Lord lives.
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Re: Acts 5:37-39
DIR By: Kerry
Date: July 8, 2015, 9:34 am
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--- Quote from: clark thompson link ---
>
> 37 This was probably during the time Jesus was born. This man
got a big following. He died so they went away, they no longer
had someone to follow.
--- End Quote ---
It was about then since Josephus wrote about it in his
histories. From Wikipedia
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_of_Galilee:
Judas of Galilee or Judas of Gamala was a Jewish leader who led
an armed resistance to the census imposed for Roman tax purposes
by Quirinius in Iudaea Province around 6 AD. The revolt was
crushed brutally by the Romans. These events are discussed by
Josephus in Jewish Wars and in Antiquities of the Jews.
In Antiquities of the Jews Josephus states that Judas, along
with Zadok the Pharisee, founded the "fourth sect" of 1st
century Judaism (the first three are the Sadducees, the
Pharisees, and the Essenes). Josephus blamed this fourth sect,
which he called the Zealots, for the Great Jewish Revolt of
66-73 AD, though some modern scholars think they were actually
different groups. The Zealots were a group of theocratic
nationalists who preached that God alone was the ruler of Israel
and urged that no taxes should be paid to Rome.
Josephus does not relate the death of Judas, although he does
report that Judas' sons James and Simon were executed by
procurator Tiberius Julius Alexander in about 46 AD. He also
reports that Menahem, one of the early leaders of the Jewish
Revolt in AD 66, was Judas' "son", but most scholars doubt this.
Menahem may have been Judas' grandson, however. Menahem's
cousin, Eleazar ben Ya'ir, then escaped to the fortress of
Masada where he became a leader of the last defenders against
the Roman Empire.
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