Acts 5:37

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 5:37 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  2. Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  3. Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
  4. 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.
  5. Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
  6. Luke 13:1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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