Acts 17:8

8 concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audientes haec

Acts 17:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:8

And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city,
&c.] Fearing some revolution would be made, and some new king, or rather tyrant, would start up, and usurp a power over them; or that they should come under some suspicion or charge with the Roman government, and should be called to an account, for admitting such men and tenets among them; with such fears were they possessed,

when they heard these things;
alleged against the apostle and his company.

Acts 17:8 In-Context

6 et cum non invenissent eos trahebant Iasonem et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis clamantes quoniam hii qui orbem concitant et huc venerunt

7 quos suscepit Iason et hii omnes contra decreta Caesaris faciunt regem alium dicentes esse Iesum

8 concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audientes haec

9 et accepto satis ab Iasone et a ceteris dimiserunt eos

10 fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum et Silam in Beroeam qui cum advenissent in synagogam Iudaeorum introierunt