Acts 17:6

And not having found them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city rulers, shouting, The men who have agitated the world, these are present here also,

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In The King James Version

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

In Context

5But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.

7whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the A

Jeremiah 38:2Thus says LORD: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

Matthew 24:14And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Acts 6:12And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.

Acts 18:12But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord attacked Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:2-10

Paul and Silas at Thessalonica. 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great… Read the whole commentary →

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