Matthew 24:5

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ¹  and they will mislead many.

Matthew 24:24

24:24 For false messiahs ²  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Acts 5:36-37

5:36 For some time ago ³  Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He ⁴  was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. ⁵  5:37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, ⁶  and incited people to follow him in revolt. ⁷  He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

Acts 21:38

21:38 Then you’re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion ⁸  and led the four thousand men of the ‘Assassins’ ⁹  into the wilderness ¹⁰  some time ago?” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

² tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

³ tn Grk “For before these days.”

⁴ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the pronoun “he,” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

⁵ tn Grk “and they came to nothing.” Gamaliel’s argument is that these two insurrectionists were taken care of by natural events.

⁶ tn Or “registration.”

⁷ tn The verb ἀφίστημι (afisthmi) as a transitive means “cause to revolt” as used in Josephus, Ant. 8.7.5 (8.198), 20.5.2 (20.102); see BDAG 157 s.v. 1.

⁸ tn L&N 39.41 has “οὐκ ἄρα σὺ εἶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀναστατώσας ‘then you are not that Egyptian who some time ago started a rebellion’ Ac 21:38.”

⁹ tn Grk “of the Sicarii.”

¹⁰ tn Or “desert.”

¹¹ tn Grk “before these days.”