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Acts 17:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also, "

Acts 17:6

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4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

5 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.

6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”

8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

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Acts 17:1

"Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue."

Acts 17:2

"Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,"

Acts 17:3

"explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”"

Acts 17:4

"Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women."

Acts 17:5

"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."

Acts 17:7

"whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”"

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