Atti 17:7

7 E Giasone li ha raccolti; ed essi tutti fanno contro agli statuti di Cesare, dicendo esservi un altro re, cioè Gesù.

Atti 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:7

Whom Jason hath received
Into his house in a private manner, and has entertained, contrary to law, which forbids men to receive and entertain persons of seditious principles, and practices, for this is mentioned as a charge against Jason:

and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar;
both the apostle and those with him, and Jason, and the brethren, whom they now had set before the magistrates, who were all of the same sentiments and practices; and which were opposite to the decrees of the Roman emperor, and the Roman senate, who suffered none to be called a king but whom they pleased; whereas these men taught, saying,

that there is another king, one Jesus;
but then though they said he was a king, yet not a temporal one, but one whose kingdom was spiritual, and not of this world; and therefore asserted nothing contrary to the decrees of Caesar, or what was in the least prejudicial to his worldly interest and glory.

Atti 17:7 In-Context

5 Ma i Giudei, ch’erano increduli, mossi d’invidia, preser con loro certi uomini malvagi della gente di piazza; e, raccolta una turba, commossero a tumulto la città; ed avendo assalita la casa di Giasone, cercavano di trarli fuori al popolo.

6 Ma, non avendoli trovati, trassero Giasone, ed alcuni de’ fratelli, a’ rettori della città, gridando: Costoro che hanno messo sottosopra il mondo sono eziandio venuti qua.

7 E Giasone li ha raccolti; ed essi tutti fanno contro agli statuti di Cesare, dicendo esservi un altro re, cioè Gesù.

8 E commossero il popolo, e i rettori della città, che udivano queste cose.

9 Ma pure essi, ricevuta cauzione da Giasone e dagli altri, li lasciarono andare.