2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.



Ver. 2. Perverting the people] Gr. äéáóôñåöïíôá , turning them upside down, wreathing them from their right minds. So Luk_23:5; "He stirreth up the people," Gr. áíáóåéåé , he maketh an earthquake in them; rectum tollit de cardine mentem, he throws them off the hinges.