anaseio denotes stirring up people, whether through teaching or to press for a particular outcome.

The attested use concerns stirring up a group: Luke 23:5 presents an ongoing charge that teaching is stirring up the people, while Mark 15:11 describes the high priests acting on the crowd toward the release of Barabbas.

1. Stirring up a group toward action · dominant

   In Luke 23:5, the present singular form occurs in the charge that he is stirring up the people through teaching across Judea; the APB renders the clause, "He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea." In Mark 15:11, the aorist plural form describes the high priests' action upon the crowd so that Barabbas would be released; the APB renders, "Then the high priests stirred up the crowd."

   Luke 23:5Mark 15:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as "stirs up the people" in Luke 23:5 and "stirred up the crowd" in Mark 15:11. These renderings fit the clauses' group-directed action.