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Judas the Galilean
A leader of revolt in the days of the census whose movement scattered, cited by Gamaliel.
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BibleA rebel who 'in the days of the census' led a revolt and perished — cited by Gamaliel as a warning to the council.
Acts 5:37
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Gamaliel
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Ancient writersJosephus describes the same Judas, who raised a tax-revolt when Quirinius assessed Judea, founding a movement he calls a 'fourth philosophy'.
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.1.1 (§§4–10), with the 'fourth philosophy' at 18.1.6 (§23); cf. Jewish War 2.8.1 (§118); Judas the Galilean also named in Acts 5:37.
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