Acts 5:37 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 6
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.11Book VI
“Judas of Galilee also, as Luke relates in the Acts of the Apostles, wished to call himself some great personage, as did Theudas before him; but as their doctrine was not of God, they were destroyed, and all who obeyed them were immediately dispersed.” — editor's note: Cf. Acts v. 36, 37.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“His birth took place during the first census, while Cyrenius was governor of Syria.” — editor's note: Cf. Luke ii. 2 Quirinius is the original Latin form of the name of which Luke gives the Greek form κυρήνιος or Cyrenius (which is the form given also by…
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
“For these were followers of the opinions of Judas of Galilee, of whom Luke makes mention in the Acts of the Apostles, (Acts 5:37.) who said, that we ought to call no man master.” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“And it was for this cause, let me add, that although they that committed revolt in the wilderness, those in the company of Judas, and of Theudas,had been all of them slain no great while before, yet they were not the more backward to go out thither.” — editor's note: Acts v. 36, 37.
Read the whole comment“Forasmuch then as they saw that Theudas and Judaswith their companies for this cause were put to death, as having prepared for a revolt, they were minded to bring Him too by these words into such a suspicion.” — editor's note: Acts v. 36, 37.
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Jerome
“If some one in the spirit of Judas the Zealot brings up to me his mistakes, he shall have his answer in the words of Horace:” — editor's note: i.e. Judas the Gaulonite whose fanatical rising against the Romans is mentioned in Acts v. 37.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.11.
Cited together in Church History I.5.
Cited together in Church History I.5.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 13:1–5 (Catena Aurea).