sḗ-dish´un: The translation in [Ezr 4:15], [Ezr 4:19] for אשׁתּדּוּר, ’eshtaddūr, “struggling,” “revolt”; in 2 Esdras 15:16 for inconstabilitio, “instability” with “be seditious” for στασιάζω, stasiázō, “rise in rebellion” in 2 Macc 14:6. In addition, the King James Version has “sedition” for στάσις, stásis, “standing up,” “revolt” (the Revised Version (British and American) “insurrection”) in [Luk 23:19], [Luk 23:25]; [Act 24:5], with (διχοστασις, dichostası́a), “a standing asunder” (the Revised Version (British and American) “division”) in [Gal 5:20]. As “sedition” does not include open violence against a government, the word should not have been used in any of the above cases.
