Atti 17:6

6 Ma non avendoli trovati, trascinarono Giasone e alcuni de’ fratelli dinanzi ai magistrati della città, gridando: Costoro che hanno messo sossopra il mondo, son venuti anche qua,

Atti 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.

Atti 17:6 In-Context

4 E alcuni di loro furon persuasi, e si unirono a Paolo e Sila; e così fecero una gran moltitudine di Greci pii, e non poche delle donne principali.

5 Ma i Giudei, mossi da invidia, presero con loro certi uomini malvagi fra la gente di piazza; e raccolta una turba, misero in tumulto la città; e, assalita la casa di Giasone, cercavano di trar Paolo e Sila fuori al popolo.

6 Ma non avendoli trovati, trascinarono Giasone e alcuni de’ fratelli dinanzi ai magistrati della città, gridando: Costoro che hanno messo sossopra il mondo, son venuti anche qua,

7 e Giasone li ha accolti; ed essi tutti vanno contro agli statuti di Cesare, dicendo che c’è un altro re, Gesù.

8 E misero sossopra la moltitudine e i magistrati della città, che udivano queste cose.