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A Religious Tax Revolt
Commentators explain that Judas of Galilee, also mentioned by the historian Josephus, led a major revolt around A.D. 6 during a Roman census. His movement was not merely political but deeply religious. He taught that paying taxes to Caesar was a form of slavery and a betrayal of God as Israel's only true King. This historical context shows the kind of failed, human-led movements Gamaliel was comparing the apostles to.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 5:37
18th Century
Theologian
Judas of Galilee. Josephus has given an account of this man (Josephus, Antiquities, Book 17, Chapter 10, Section 5) and calls him a Ga…
AT Robertson
On Acts 5:37
Of the enrolment (της απογραφης). Described by Josephus (Ant. XV. 1, 1). The same word used by Luke of the first enrolment …
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 5:37
19th Century
Bishop
Judas of Galilee.—In one passage, Josephus (Antiquities 18.1) calls him a Gaulonite—that is, from the country ea…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 5:37
Many have seen a problem in Gamaliel’s reference to the Jewish revolutionaries Theudas and Judas the Galilean in this speech. According to Josephus…
John Gill
On Acts 5:37
17th Century
Pastor
After this man rose up, Judas of Galilee
Of whom Josephus thus says F11 :
``there was a man of Gal…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 5:34–42
17th Century
Minister
The Lord still has all hearts in His hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense…