Dictionary entry

Insurrection

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in-su-rek'-shun: The word inPs 64:2the King James Version is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "tumult"; inEzr 4:19(verb) it represents the Aramaic nesa', to "lift up oneself." In the New Testament stasis, is rendered "insurrection" inMr 15:7the King James Version (where compare the verb "made insurrection"), but inLu 23:19,25"sedition." the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "insurrection" throughout; also inAc 24:5"insurrections" for the King James Version "sedition."