Atos 17:6

6 Porém, não os achando, arrastaram Jáson e alguns irmãos � presença dos magistrados da cidade, clamando: Estes que têm transtornado o mundo chegaram também aqui,

Atos 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:6

And when they found them not
In Jason's house, as they expected:

they drew Jason, and certain brethren:
the Syriac version adds, "who were there": in Jason's house, who either came along with the apostle, and lodged with him there; or they were some of the inhabitants of Thessalonica, who were lately converted, and were come thither in order to have some Christian conversation; these with Jason the rabble seized on, and in a rude and violent manner dragged them out of the house, and had them,

unto the rulers of the city:
the civil magistrates, the judges in courts of judicature, to which some of these belonged;

crying
in a very noisy and clamorous way;

these that have turned the world upside down:
the Syriac version reads, "the whole earth": the apostles, according to the cry of these men, had thrown the whole world into disorder, and had made disturbances in kingdoms and cities, wherever they came; and had made innovations in religion, and turned men from their old way of worship to another; these; say they,

are come hither also;
to make the like disorders and disturbances, as elsewhere.

Atos 17:6 In-Context

4 E alguns deles ficaram persuadidos e aderiram a Paulo e Silas, bem como grande multidão de gregos devotos e não poucas mulheres de posição.

5 Mas os judeus, movidos de inveja, tomando consigo alguns homens maus dentre os vadios e ajuntando o povo, alvoroçavam a cidade e, assaltando a casa de Jáson, os procuravam para entregá-los ao povo.

6 Porém, não os achando, arrastaram Jáson e alguns irmãos � presença dos magistrados da cidade, clamando: Estes que têm transtornado o mundo chegaram também aqui,

7 os quais Jáson acolheu; e todos eles procedem contra os decretos de César, dizendo haver outro rei, que é Jesus.

8 Assim alvoroçaram a multidão e os magistrados da cidade, que ouviram estas coisas.