Acts 17:1-9

Paul at Thessalonica

1 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ¹Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And ²according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three ³Sabbaths reasoned with them from ⁴the Scriptures,

3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ ⁵had to suffer and ⁶rise again from the dead, and saying, "⁷This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

4 ⁸And some of them were persuaded and joined ⁹Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the ¹⁰God-fearing ¹¹Greeks and a number * of the ¹²leading women.

5 But ¹³the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of ¹⁴Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

6 When they did not find them, they began ¹⁵dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset ¹⁶the world have come here also;

7 and Jason ¹⁷has welcomed them, and they all act ¹⁸contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

9 And when they had received a pledge from ¹⁹Jason and the others, they released them.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 17:11, 13; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2; Philippians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10
• 2. Acts 9:20; Acts 17:10, 17
• 3. Acts 13:14
• 4. Acts 8:35
• 5. Acts 3:18
• 6. John 20:9
• 7. Acts 9:22; Acts 18:5, 28
• 8. Acts 14:4
• 9. Acts 15:22, 40; Acts 17:10, 14
• 10. Acts 13:43; Acts 17:17
• 11. John 7:35
• 12. Acts 13:50
• 13. Acts 17:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
• 14. Acts 17:6, 7, 9; Romans 16:21
• 15. Acts 16:19
• 16. Matthew 24:14; Acts 17:31
• 17. Luke 10:38; James 2:25
• 18. Luke 23:2
• 19. Acts 17:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "opening"
• [b]. Lit "placing before"
• [c]. I.e. Messiah
• [d]. I.e. Messiah
• [e]. Lit "and a large"
• [f]. Lit "not a few"
• [g]. Lit "the inhabited earth"
• [h]. Lit "whom Jason has welcomed"
• [i]. Or "bond"