Acts 17:1-9 ▼

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

2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

3 opening and alleging that it was necessary [for] the Christ to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that “this is the Christ—Jesus whom I proclaim to you.”

4 And certain of them believed, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, also not a few of the principal women.

5 And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the agitators, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having also assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,

6 and having not found them, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the city rulers, calling aloud, “These, having put the world in commotion, are also present here,

7 whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”

8 And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

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