isv Acts:17:1-9
isv@Acts:17:1 @ They traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
isv@Acts:17:2 @ As usual, Paul went in and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them.
isv@Acts:17:3 @ He explained and showed them that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. He said, “This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.”
isv@Acts:17:4 @ Some of them were persuaded to join Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.
isv@Acts:17:5 @ But the Jews became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.
isv@Acts:17:6 @ When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, “These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,
isv@Acts:17:7 @ and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king—Jesus!”
isv@Acts:17:8 @ The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,
isv@Acts:17:9 @ but after they had gotten a bond from Jason and the others they let them go.
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