Acts 17:8
And the chiefs of the city and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
In Context
9And they took sureties from Jason, and also from the brethren, and then released them.
Cross References
John 11:48And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation.
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 →