Acts 5:35-36

5:35 Then he said to the council, ¹  “Men of Israel, ²  pay close attention to ³  what you are about to do to these men. 5:36 For some time ago ⁴  Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He ⁵  was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. ⁶ 

[5:35]  ¹ tn Grk “said to them”; the referent (the council) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:35]  ² tn Or “Israelite men,” although this is less natural English. The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it is highly unlikely that this is a generic usage, since Gamaliel was addressing the Sanhedrin, the Jewish high council, which would have been exclusively male.

[5:35]  ³ tn Or “men, be careful.”

[5:36]  ⁴ tn Grk “For before these days.”

[5:36]  ⁵ tn Grk “who.” The relative pronoun was replaced by the pronoun “he,” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point.

[5:36]  ⁶ tn Grk “and they came to nothing.” Gamaliel’s argument is that these two insurrectionists were taken care of by natural events.