Acts 17:1-7 ▼

1 And, having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews;

2 and, according to Paul's custom, he went in to them; and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."

4 And some of them were persuaded, and cast in their lot with Paul and Silas; also, of the devout Greeks, a great number; and, of the principal women, not a few.

5 But the Jews, moved with jealousy, and taking to themselves certain evil men of the rabble, and gathering a multitude, were setting the city in an uproar; and, assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking them to lead them , forth to the populace.

6 But, not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, shouting, "These who turned the inhabited earth upside down are present here also;

7 whom Jason has received; and these all are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that "There is Another King—Jesus!"