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Acts 5:37
Acts 5:37 is verse 37 of Acts chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Acts 5:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
36 Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
37 After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
38 So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
Luke 13:1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 20:6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Job 20:7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Matthew 26:52“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
Luke 13:2To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?