# Theudas rose up

Possible meanings are 1) "Theudas rebelled" or 2) "Theudas appeared."

# claiming to be somebody

"claiming to be somebody important"

# He was killed

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "People killed him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# all who had been obeying him were scattered

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "all the people scattered who had been obeying him" or "all who had been obeying him went in different directions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# came to nothing

This means that they did not do what they had planned to do.

