Acts 17:8

Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

In Context

7Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus."

9They required Jason and the rest to find substantial bail, and after that they let them go.

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Cross References

John 11:48If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city 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 →

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