"Then you are not the Egyptian who in days gone by raised the four thousand assassins and led them out into the desert?"
If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.
when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!
Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;
(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)
(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)