Acts 17:5

But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

In Context

4And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

6and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

Read all of Acts 17

Cross References

Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

Isaiah 26:11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

Acts 14:2But the Jews who did not believe stirred up the minds of [those of] the nations and made [them] evil-affected against the brethren.

Acts 17:7whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 17:5