Acts 21:38

38NotοὐκthenἄραyouσὺareεἶtheὁEgyptianΑἰγύπτιοςὁbeforeπρὸtheseτούτωνtheτῶνdaysἡμερῶνhaving led a revoltἀναστατώσαςandκαὶhaving led outἐξαγαγὼνintoεἰςtheτὴνwildernessἔρημονtheτοὺςfour thousandτετρακισχιλίουςmenἄνδραςof theτῶνAssassinsσικαρίων;

Are you not, then, the Egyptian, the one before these days having led a revolt and having led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?”

Vocab difficulty

55.1

Rare words

  • ἀναστατώσας

    ἀναστατόω

    (perhaps a political metaphor), I turn upside down, upset, unsettle.

  • σικαρίων

    σικάριος

    an assassin, murderer, bandit; one of the Sicarii.