Acts 17:9

9 So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Acts 17:9 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:9

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,
&c.] That is, received satisfaction from them, by the defence which they made for themselves, and the apostles, by the account that they gave of them and of their doctrines; whereby it plainly appeared to the full satisfaction of the magistrates, that their principles had no tendency to move sedition, or to alter the form of their government, or to do anything detrimental to Caesar, as was suggested: the Syriac, and Arabic versions render it, "took sureties"; of them for their good behaviour, and that they would be forthcoming, whenever called for:

they let them go;
about their business, to their own houses, and company, and did not inflict any punishment upon them, or commit them to prison.

Acts 17:9 In-Context

7 Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king--Jesus."
8 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
9 So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
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