Acts 17:8
Strong's Lexicon
On hearing
ἀκούοντας (akouontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

this,
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowd
ὄχλον (ochlon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

city officials
πολιτάρχας (politarchas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4173: A ruler of a city, city magistrate. From polis and archo; a town-officer, i.e. Magistrate.

were greatly disturbed.
Ἐτάραξαν (Etaraxan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5015: To disturb, agitate, stir up, trouble. Of uncertain affinity; to stir or agitate.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

Young's Literal Translation
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

New American Standard Bible
They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

King James Bible
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

New Living Translation
The people of the city, as well as the city council, were thrown into turmoil by these reports.

English Standard Version
And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.

New American Standard Bible
They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

King James Bible
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

International Standard Version
The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

NET Bible
They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

American Standard Version
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

English Revised Version
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Young's Literal Translation
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
















Cross References
Luke 12:11
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Acts 17:9
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 17:6
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Acts 17:5
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.

Acts 17:10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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