After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.