Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
Why if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day.