Acts 5:36

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Not long ago Theudas claimed to be someone important, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed. All his followers were scattered, and that was the end of that.

Cross References

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and perform great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

Matthew 24:26

If you are told that the Messiah is out in the desert, don't go there! And if you are told that he is in some secret place, don't believe it!

Matthew 24:5

Many will come and claim to be me. They will say that they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people.

Acts 21:38

“Aren't you that Egyptian who started a riot not long ago and led four thousand terrorists into the desert?”

Acts 5:35

Then he said to the council: People of Israel, be careful what you do with these men.

Acts 8:9

For some time a man named Simon had lived in the city of Samaria and had amazed the people. He practised witchcraft and claimed to be somebody great.

Galatians 2:6

Some of them were supposed to be important leaders, but I didn't care who they were. God doesn't have any favourites! None of these so called special leaders added anything to my message.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.

2 Peter 2:18

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

2 Peter 2:2

Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way.

Jude 1:16

These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They boast about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.

Revelation 17:3

With the help of the Spirit, the angel took me into the desert, where I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. The beast was covered with names that were an insult to God, and it had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead a mysterious name was written: I AM THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF EVERY IMMORAL AND FILTHY THING ON EARTH.