⁵For we have found^* this man to be a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire^b and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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Footnotes

*Here this participle (“found”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
bLiterally “the inhabited earth,” but here this is probably rhetorical hyperbole for the Roman Empire, especially since Felix, the Roman governor, is being addressed

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

NLTNew Living Translation

We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.

KJV 1900King James Version

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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