<p>5:37 <i>After this man, there r<em>ose up</em></i>- See on :36 <em>Rose up</em>.</p><p><em>Judas of Galilee, in the days of the census</em>- Jesus of Galilee also 'appeared' in the days of the census, as only Luke records. Gamaliel is drawing similarities between these men and Jesus- and leaving the verdict open for the time being, as to whether He had really 'arisen' and whether following Him was the right thing to do.</p><p><em>And drew away some of the people after him</em>- Exactly as the Jews claimed Jesus had done. The Greek translated &quot;drew away&quot; is used again by Gamaliel in the next verse: &quot;Keep away from s.w. &quot;drew away&quot; these men&quot;. He may be implying that their interest in these men and their invisible Master was in fact leading them to follow Him, to be drawn away after Him. This was an astute psychological observation; he perceived the process going on within his pupil Saul of Tarsus, and he was absolutely correct.</p><p><i>He also perished and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad</i>- This was exactly what happened to the rank and file followers (Acts 8:1,4; 11:19). But Acts 8:1 records that when Saul's persecution led to the 'scattering abroad' of the disciples, the apostles did <em>not </em>scatter. And it was the apostles who were under judgment and are the reference of Gamaliel at this point. Saul was desperately seeking to prove his teacher Gamaliel correct by consciously seeking to scatter the followers of Jesus; but he did not succeed in scattering the apostles. And Gamaliel had reasoned that if this did not happen, then this whole thing was likely of God. The way the apostles didn't scatter was therefore another goad in Saul's conscience.</p>