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pestilent. Greek. loimos, a plague. Occurs elsewhere. Mat_24:7. Luk_21:11.
a mover of = stirring up.
sedition. Greek. stasis. See note on Act_15:2. The texts read "seditions".
among. Dative case.
throughout. Greek. kata. App-104.
world. Greek. oikoumene. App-129.
ringleader. Greek. Greek. protostates. Only here.
sect. Greek. hairesis. See note on Act_5:17.
Nazarenes. Compare Act_6:14. Only here is the term applied to believers. The Jews would not call them Christians (Act_11:26), as that was derived from the word for Messiah; so Tertullus was instructed to call them Nazarenes. Compare Act_22:8.