Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionArt not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GAre you not then the Egyptian who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand Sicarii out into the wilderness?"
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageAren't you the Egyptian who stirred up a revolt not long ago and led four thousand of the Assassins out into the desert?"
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”
Footnotes
σικαρίων (sikariōn) — "Sicarii" — from the Latin sica (a short curved dagger), referring to a specific faction of Jewish revolutionary assassins who concealed daggers beneath their cloaks and killed political enemies in crowds. Josephus records an Egyptian false prophet who led a movement to the Mount of Olives c. AD 56 (Jewish War 2.261–263), which the tribune conflates with the Sicarii. The F.O.G. preserves the Greek term as a proper faction name; the F.O.G. Message renders it as "Assassins" to convey the violent connotation to modern readers.
