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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

RINGLEADER

ring'-led-er: In Acts 24:5 the translation of protostates, "one who stands first." Not an opprobrious word in the Greek.

Greek

4414. protostates -- one who stands first (of soldiers), hence a ...
... Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tos-tat'-ace) Short Definition: a leader, chief Definition:
one who stands in the front rank, hence: a leader, ringleader, chief. ...
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Library

Acts XXIV
... (5) For we have found this man a pest, exciting sedition among all the Jews throughout
the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxiv.htm

Memoir of John Bunyan
... A ringleader in all wickedness would not long continue without reproof, either
personally, or as seen in the holy conduct of others. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

Life of Bunyan
... him with a lank and idle freedom which scorns indentures; his energetic movements
and authoritative vociferations at once bespeaking the ragamuffin ringleader. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hamilton/life of bunyan/life of bunyan.htm

Paul in Corinth.
... most probable account of it is, that having no knowledge of him but from the calumnious
reports of the Jews, he concluded, that he was the ringleader of one of ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxi paul in corinth.htm

Acts XXV
... Being a "ringleader of the sect of Nazarenes" was his sin against the law; the false
imputation of taking Greeks into the temple, his sin against that holy ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxv.htm

The Trial at Caesarea
... "We have found this man a pestilent fellow," declared the orator, "and a mover of
sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 39 the trial at.htm

The Epistles of the Captivity.
... to 63, while waiting the issue of his trial on the charge of being "a mover of
insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 93 the epistles of.htm

One and the Same God the Father Inflicts Punishment on the ...
... good things with Himself for those who desire His fellowship, and who remain in
subjection to Him; and who has the eternal fire for the ringleader of the ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xl one and the same.htm

Those Persons who do not Believe in God, but who are Disobedient ...
... The tares are the children of the wicked one," [4436] it must be affirmed that He
has ascribed all who are of the apostasy to him who is the ringleader of this ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xli those persons who do.htm

Of Hypatia the Female Philosopher.
... Some of them therefore, hurried away by a fierce and bigoted zeal, whose ringleader
was a reader named Peter, waylaid her returning home, and dragging her from ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter xv of hypatia the female.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.

2. (n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.

Thesaurus

Ringleader (1 Occurrence)
...RINGLEADER. ring'-led-er: In Acts 24:5 the translation of protostates, "one who
stands first." Not an opprobrious word in the Greek. ...Ringleader (1 Occurrence). ...
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Nazarenes (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
/n/nazarenes.htm - 6k

Leader (183 Occurrences)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
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Insurrections (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
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Instigator (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
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Tertullus (2 Occurrences)
... Secondly, that he was a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes; disturbed the Jews
in the exercise of their religion, guaranteed by the state; introduced new ...
/t/tertullus.htm - 9k

Real (26 Occurrences)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
/r/real.htm - 14k

Ring-leader (1 Occurrence)
Ring-leader. Ringleader, Ring-leader. Ringlets . Multi-Version Concordance
Ring-leader (1 Occurrence). ... Ringleader, Ring-leader. Ringlets . Reference Bible
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Ringed (2 Occurrences)

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Riots (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections
among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of ...
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Bible Concordance

Ringleader (1 Occurrence)

Acts 24:5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Subtopics

Ringleader

Related Terms

Nazarenes (1 Occurrence)

Leader (183 Occurrences)

Insurrections (2 Occurrences)

Instigator (1 Occurrence)

Tertullus (2 Occurrences)

Real (26 Occurrences)

Ring-leader (1 Occurrence)

Ringed (2 Occurrences)

Riots (3 Occurrences)