What Does Acts 24:5 Mean?

“we have found”

to find (literally or figuratively)

“For”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“man”

a man (properly as an individual male)

“this”

this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)

“a pestilent”

a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)

“fellow and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“a mover”

to stir (transitively), literally or figuratively

“of sedition”

a standing (properly, the act), i.e., (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy

“among all”

all, any, every, the whole

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Jews”

judaean, i.e., belonging to jehudah

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“throughout”

(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the world”

land, i.e., the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the roman empire

“a ringleader”

one standing first in the ranks, i.e., a captain (champion)

“and”

both or also (properly, as correlation of g2532)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the Nazarenes”

a nazoraean, i.e., inhabitant of nazareth; by extension, a christian

“of the sect”

properly, a choice, i.e., (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion