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Acts 17:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Acts 17:8

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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.

9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

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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 17:6

"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,"

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