Theudas

A rebel who claimed to be somebody and gathered a following that came to nothing, cited by Gamaliel.

Role: Failed rebel leader

Lived: 1st century

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1 Ancient writers — non-biblical testimony · 1

Life, role & deeds

BibleA failed rebel whose rising 'came to nothing' — cited by Gamaliel as a warning to the council.

Acts 5:36

↳ Gamaliel

Scan by NYPL — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) Ancient writersJosephus records a Theudas who led followers to the Jordan and was killed under the governor Fadus (c. AD 45); whether it is the same man is a debated chronology.

Josephus, Antiquities 20.97–98 (Theudas beheaded at the Jordan under the procurator Cuspius Fadus, c. AD 44–46); identity with the Theudas of Acts 5:36 debated on chronology

Where in scripture

Acts

Acts 5:36