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Acts 17:1-8

1NowG1161whentheyhadpassedthroughAmphipolisandApollonia,theycameG2064toThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκην,ThessalonikēnG2332,whereὅπουhopouG3699wasG1510asynagogueσυναγωγὴsunagōgēG4864oftheJewsἸουδαίων.IoudaiōnG2453:

2andPaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972,ashiscustomwas,wentG1525inuntothem,andforthreeτρίαtriaG5140sabbathσάββαταsabbataG4521daysreasonedδιελέξατοdielexatoG1256withthemfromthescripturesG1124,

3openingandallegingthatitbehoovedtheChristχριστὸνchristonG5547tosufferπαθεῖνpatheinG3958,andtoriseG450againG450fromthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498;andthatthisJesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424,whom,saidhe,IproclaimG2605untoyou,isG1510theChristχριστὸςchristosG5547.

4AndsomeofthemwerepersuadedG3982,andconsortedwithPaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andSilasΣιλᾷ,SilaG4609;andofthedevoutGreeksἙλλήνωνHellēnōnG1672agreatπολύ,poluG4183multitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128,andofthechiefwomenG1135notafewὀλίγαι.¶oligaiG3641.

5ButtheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453, being movedwithjealousy,tookuntothemcertainτινὰςtinasG5100vile fellowsoftherabble,andgatheringacrowd,setthecityπόλιν,polinG4172onanuproar;andassaultingthehouseοἰκίᾳoikiaG3614ofJasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394,theysoughtἐζήτουνezētounG2212tobringπροαγαγεῖνproagageinG4254themforthtothepeople.

6AndwhentheyfoundG2147themnot,theydraggedJasonἸάσοναIasonaG2394andcertainτιναςtinasG5100brethrenbeforetherulersofthecityπολιτάρχαςpolitarchasG4173,cryingβοῶντεςboōntesG994,ThesethathaveturnedtheworldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnG3625upside downarecome hitheralsoG2532;

7whomJasonἸάσων·IasōnG2394hathreceived:andtheseallactcontrarytothedecreesofCæsar,sayingG3004thatthereisG1510anotherkingβασιλέαbasileaG935,oneG3739JesusἸησοῦν.IēsounG2424.

8AndtheytroubledG5015themultitudeG3793andtherulersofthecityπολιτάρχαςpolitarchasG4173,whentheyheardἀκούονταςakouontasG191thesethingsταῦτα·tautaG3778.

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