“Some person might tell you, ‘The Christ {\cf2\super [374]} is there in the desert!’ But don’t go into the desert to look for the Christ. Another person might say, ‘There is the Christ in that room!’ But don’t believe that.
Acts 21:38 - Easy To Read Version Then you are not the man I thought you were? I thought you were the Egyptian man who started some trouble against the government not long ago. That Egyptian man led 4,000 killers out to the desert.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are you not then [as I supposed] the Egyptian who not long ago stirred up a rebellion and led those 4,000 men who were cutthroats out into the wilderness (desert)? American Standard Version (1901) Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins? Common English Bible Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists into the desert some time ago?” Catholic Public Domain Version So then, are you not that Egyptian who before these days incited a rebellion and led out into the desert four thousand murderous men?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Art not thou that Egyptian who before these days didst raise a tumult, and didst lead forth into the desert four thousand men that were murderers? |
“Some person might tell you, ‘The Christ {\cf2\super [374]} is there in the desert!’ But don’t go into the desert to look for the Christ. Another person might say, ‘There is the Christ in that room!’ But don’t believe that.
“People will say bad things against you and hurt you. They will lie and say all kinds of evil things against you because you follow me. But when people do those things to you, know that God will bless you.
At that time, there was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was in prison with the rebels. These rebels were guilty of murder during a riot.
(Barabbas was a man that was in jail because he started a riot in the city. He had also killed some people.)
People say bad things about us, but we say good things to them. At this time people still treat us like we are the world’s garbage—the trash of the earth.