ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 21:38 Jewish historian Josephus mentions the revolt led by an Egyptian Jew. The Roman governor Felix had stopped it. The Egyptian fled, and his movement scattered. Josephus also wrote of the Assassins, or “dagger men,” who terrorized Roman sympathizers by stabbing them amid large crowds. The tribune must have thought the Egyptian had returned to stir up another revolt.

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