Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they formed a mob. They rioted in the town, and attacked Jason's house. They tried to find Paul and Silas so they could bring them before the people.

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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

4Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with many Greek-speaking worshipers and some leading women of the town.

6When they couldn't find them they dragged Jason and some of the other believers before the town leaders, shouting, “These people are famous for causing trouble, turning the world upside down. Now they've come here,

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Cross References

Job 30:1But now people much younger than me laugh at me; people whose fathers I would not put to work with my sheepdogs.

Psalms 69:12People sitting by the town gate gossip about me. I'm the subject of rude songs sung by drunks.

Isaiah 26:11Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!

Acts 7:9The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,

Acts 14:2But the Jews that refused to believe in Jesus stirred up the feelings of the foreigners, and poisoned them against the believers.

Acts 17:7and Jason has made them welcome in his house. They all defy Caesar's decrees, committing treason by saying there is another king called 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 →

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