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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
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Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
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But the disobedient Jews gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
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When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
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whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
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The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
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When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.