In Acts v.

36, 37, Gamaliel is made to say that Theudas was earlier in time than Judas of Galilee.

Yet in fact, Judas of Galilee preceded Theudas; and the revolt of Theudas had not yet taken place when Gamaliel spoke, so the error is not Gamaliel's, but Luke's.

Of both the insurgents we have a dear and unimpeached historical account in Josephus .-- The slaughter of the infants by Herod, if true, must, I thought, needs have been recorded by the same historian,--So again, in regard to the allusion made by Jesus to Zacharias, son of Barachias, as _last of the martyrs_, it was difficult for me to shake off the suspicion, that a gross error had been committed, and that the person intended is the "Zacharias son of Baruchus," who, as we know from Josephus, was martyred _within the courts of the temple_ during the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, about 40 years after the crucifixion.

The well-known prophet Zechariah was indeed son of Berechiah; but he was not last of the martyrs,[2] if indeed he was martyred at all.