Acts 24:6

"For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes."

Key Reflection

This statement highlights the perceived threat and opposition Jesus posed to Roman authorities and Jewish leaders. It underscores their view of Jesus as a source of unrest and division, framing his followers as a problematic group that incites rebellion against established order.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. Who also hath gone about. Who has endeavoured. To profane the temple. This was a serious, but unfounded charge. It arose from the gross calumny of the apostle, when they pretended that he had introduced Greeks into that sacred place, Ac 21:28. To this charge the apostle replies in Ac 24:18. And would have judged. That is, would have condemned and punished. According to our law. Their law, which forbade the introduction of strangers into the temple.

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