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Uproar in Thessalonica

AD 48, lasting 3 months traditional (Jones)

Passage
Acts 17:1-9
People
Paul, Silas, Jason
Places
Apollonia, Thessalonica, Amphipolis
Before
Paul and Silas released
After
Mission to Berea

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Apollonia
  2. likely location: Thessalonica
  3. likely location: Amphipolis

Every verse

All 9 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts9 verses
  1. 17:1

    When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  2. 17:2

    As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

  3. 17:3

    explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

  4. 17:4

    Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

  5. 17:5

    The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

  6. 17:6

    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

  7. 17:7

    and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

  8. 17:8

    On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

  9. 17:9

    And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.