Acts 17:5
3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
- ASV
- But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- But the Jews, having become jealous and having taken along certain wicked men of the market-loungers, and having collected a crowd, set the city in uproar. And having assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring out to the people.
- ÅB
- Men jødene ble nidkjære og tok med seg noen onde mennesker, noen dagdrivere, og gjorde et oppløp og satte byen i opprør. Og de trengte fram imot Jasons hus og prøvde å få dem ut til folket.
- OTB
- Men jødene, fylt av misunnelse, samlet noen onde menn fra torget, dannet en mobb og satte byen i opprør; de angrep Jasons hus og søkte å føre dem ut til folket.
- B1930
- Men jødene blev nidkjære og tok med sig nogen onde mennesker, nogen dagdrivere, og gjorde et opløp og satte byen i røre, og de trengte frem imot Jasons hus og søkte å få dem ut til folket;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Read in contextActs 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
Read in contextActs 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Read in contextGalatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:14–16
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
Read in contextRomans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
Read in contextActs 17:7
and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
Read in contextPsalms 69:12
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
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