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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
He might also have mentioned another instance, that of the Egyptian, but what he has spoken is fully sufficient. And he closes his speech with an alarming topic: "Lest haply," etc. And he does not pronounce upon it, lest he should seem to be pleading their cause; but he reasons by way of syllogism from the issue of the matter. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
During the time of Pilate's rule, it seems there occurred a revolt of the Galileans who had been carried away by the teaching of Judas the Galilean. The teaching of Judas consisted of the following. He said that no one should be called "lord," neither for the sake of honor nor for love of wisdom, and that not even the emperor should be called so. …
Oecumenius
It appears that the Galileans had risen up in the time of Pilate, following the teachings of Judas of Galilee. Judas's teaching, as Josephus shows in the final books of his Jewish Antiquities, was a teaching that sent forth much imagination under the guise of religious prosperity. For he held that one ought not even to call anyone "lord" with the mouth, nor to pay him honor or reverence. Nor, accordingly, to acknowledge the reigning sovereign. …
Western Saints
Bede
After him rose up Judas the Galilean. Josephus also writes about this man from the city of Gamala, who, taking up with a certain Pharisee named Sadduc, urged the people not to lose their freedom by paying taxes to the Romans, citing the law that service should be given only to the Lord and that those who brought tithes to the temple should not pay taxes to Caesar. …
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