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.
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of; for in their sufferings there appeared more of a divine power and energy than even in their preaching. Now here we have, I.
Commenting on Acts 5:26-42
And now I say unto you,.... This is the sum of my advice upon the observation of these and other instances: refrain from these men, and let them alone; keep your hands off of them, do not attempt to take away their lives, but dismiss them quietly, nor go about to hinder them, in what they are concerned: for if this counsel, or this work...
Verse 37. Judas of Galilee. Josephus has given an account of this man, (Antiq. b. xvii. chap. x. 5,) and calls him a Galilean. He afterwards calls him a Gualonite, and says he was of the city of Gamala, (Antiq. xviii, i.