Acts 17:1-9

In Thessalonica

1 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.

4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

5 But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.^[a]

6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,

7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”

8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

Cross References

• 1. ver 11,13; Philippians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10
• 2. S Acts 9:20
• 3. S Acts 13:14
• 4. Acts 8:35; Acts 18:28
• 5. Luke 24:26; Acts 3:18
• 6. Luke 24:46; S Acts 2:24
• 7. S Acts 9:22; Acts 18:28
• 8. S Acts 15:22
• 9. ver 13; S 1 Thessalonians 2:16
• 10. Romans 16:21
• 11. S Acts 16:19
• 12. S Acts 1:16
• 13. S Matthew 24:14
• 14. Acts 16:20
• 15. Luke 23:2; John 19:12
• 16. ver 5

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "the assembly of the people"