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Complete Jewish Bible

Acts 17:8

Their words threw the crowd and the authorities into a turmoil,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Peace;   Silas;   Thessalonica;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jason;   Thessalonica;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Macedonia;   Paul;   Rome;   Silas;   Thessalonians, letters to;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jason;   Thessalonica;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Roman Empire;   Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Thessalonica;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Greece;   Macedonia;   Persecution in the Bible;   2 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Rulers of the City;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aristion (Aristo);   Magistrate;   Ruler;   Silas or Silyanus;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jason ;   Silas ;   Thessalonians, Epistles to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jason;   Macedonia;   Thessalonians;   Thessalonica;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - City, Rulers of;   Jason (1);   Jason (2);   Macedonia;   Ruler;   Silas;   Thessalonica;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The crowd and city officials who heard these things were upset.
King James Version (1611)
And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the citie, when they heard these things.
King James Version
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
English Standard Version
And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.
New American Standard Bible
They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
New Century Version
When the people and the leaders of the city heard these things, they became very upset.
Amplified Bible
They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they disturbed the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
Berean Standard Bible
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
Contemporary English Version
The officials and the people were upset when they heard this.
Darby Translation
And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
Easy-to-Read Version
When the city leaders and the other people heard this, they became very upset.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they troubled the people, and the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.
George Lamsa Translation
The authorities of the city and all the people were alarmed when they heard these things.
Good News Translation
With these words they threw the crowd and the city authorities in an uproar.
Lexham English Bible
And they threw the crowd into confusion, and the city officials who heard these things.
Literal Translation
And hearing these things, they troubled the crowd and the city judges.
American Standard Version
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Bible in Basic English
And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
Hebrew Names Version
The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
International Standard Version
The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,
Etheridge Translation
And the chiefs of the city and all the people were troubled when they heard these things;
Murdock Translation
And the chiefs of the city and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they troubled the people, and the officers of the citie, when they hearde these thynges.
English Revised Version
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
World English Bible
The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they alarmed the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Weymouth's New Testament
Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei moueden the puple, and the princis of the citee, herynge these thingis.
Update Bible Version
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
New English Translation
They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
New King James Version
And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
New Living Translation
The people of the city, as well as the city council, were thrown into turmoil by these reports.
New Life Bible
When the people and city leaders heard this, they were troubled.
New Revised Standard
The people and the city officials were disturbed when they heard this,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they troubled the multitude and the city-rulers, when they heard these things;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they stirred up the people: and the rulers of the city, hearing these things,
Revised Standard Version
And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they troubled the people and the officers of the cite when they hearde these thinges.
Young's Literal Translation
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They troubled the people, and the rulers of the cite, that herde this.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the people, and the magistrates upon hearing this were alarm'd:
THE MESSAGE
The city fathers and the crowd of people were totally alarmed by what they heard. They made Jason and his friends post heavy bail and let them go while they investigated the charges.
Simplified Cowboy Version
With these words, the city council and all those who had come to see this circus act were instantly thrown into mayhem.

Contextual Overview

1 After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Sha'ul and Sila came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue. 2 According to his usual practice, Sha'ul went in; and on three Shabbats he gave them drashes from the Tanakh, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that "this Yeshua whom I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah." 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and threw in their lot with Sha'ul and Sila, as did a great many of the Greek men who were "God-fearers," and not a few of the leading women. 5 But the unbelieving Jews grew jealous; so they got together some vicious men from the riffraff hanging around in the market square, collected a crowd and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's house, hoping to bring Sha'ul and Sila out to the mob. 6 But when they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city authorities and shouted, "These men who have turned the whole world upside down have come here too! 7 And Jason has let them stay in his home! All of them are defying the decrees of the Emperor; because they assert that there is another king, Yeshua!" 8 Their words threw the crowd and the authorities into a turmoil, 9 so that only after Jason and the others had posted bond did they let them go.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 2:3, John 11:48

Reciprocal: Acts 19:29 - the whole

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
All the land you see I will give to you and your descendants forever,
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk through the length and breadth of the land, because I will give it to you."
Genesis 17:7
(vii) "I am establishing my covenant between me and you, along with your descendants after you, generation after generation, as an everlasting covenant, to be God for you and for your descendants after you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; moreover, I will give you a son by her. Truly I will bless her: she will be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
At this Avraham fell on his face and laughed — he thought to himself, "Will a child be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah give birth at ninety?"
Genesis 17:21
But I will establish my covenant with Yitz'chak, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."
Genesis 23:4
"I am a foreigner living as an alien with you; let me have a burial site with you, so that I can bury my dead wife."
Genesis 28:4
And may he give you the blessing which he gave Avraham, you and your descendants with you, so that you will possess the land you will travel through, the land God gave to Avraham."
Genesis 48:4
saying to me, ‘I will make you fruitful and numerous. I will make of you a group of peoples; and I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.'
Exodus 6:7
I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am Adonai your God, who freed you from the forced labor of the Egyptians.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city,.... 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they troubled the people - They excited the people to commotion and alarm. The rulers feared the tumult that was excited, and the people feared the Romans, when they heard the charge that there were rebels against the government in their city. It does not appear that there was a disposition in the rulers or the people to persecute the apostles; but they were excited and alarmed by the representations of the Jews, and by the mob that they had collected.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 17:8. And they troubled the people and the rulers — It is evident that there was no disposition in either the people or the rulers to persecute the apostles. But these wicked Jews, by means of the unprincipled, wicked lawyers, those lewd fellows of the baser sort, threw the subject into the form of law, making it a state question, in which form the rulers were obliged to notice it; but they showed their unwillingness to proceed in a matter which they saw proceeded from malice, by letting Jason and his companions go off on bail.


 
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