Acts 17:7

and this Jason is their entertainer: and they all resist the commands of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

In Context

6And when they found them not there, they drew Jason and the brethren who were there, and brought them before the chiefs of the city, crying out: These are they who have terrified all the country; and lo, they have come hither also:

8And the chiefs of the city and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things.

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Cross References

Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, and said: We have found this man seducing our people, and forbidding to pay the capitation money to Caesar, and declaring himself to be king Messiah.

Acts 16:21and they preach to us customs, which it is not lawful for us to receive and to practise, because we are Romans.

1 Peter 2:15For so is the pleasure of God, that by your good deeds ye may stop the mouth of the foolish, who know not God:

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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