Acts 17
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Acts 17:1-9

1NowG1161 when they had traveledG1353 throughG1353 AmphipolisG295 and ApolloniaG624, they cameG2064 to 1ThessalonicaG2332, whereG3699 there was a synagogueG4864 of the JewsG2453. 2And 2accordingG2596 to Paul’sG3972 customG1486, he 3visitedG1525 them, and for threeG5140 4SabbathsG4521 reasonedG1256 with them from 5the ScripturesG1124, 36explainingG1272 and 7givingG3908 evidenceG3908 that the 8ChristG5547 9hadG1163 to sufferG3958 and 10riseG450 from the deadG3498, and saying, “11ThisG3778 JesusG2424 whomG3739 I am proclaimingG2605 to you is the 12ChristG5547.” 413And someG5100 of them were persuadedG3982 and joinedG4345 14PaulG3972 and SilasG4609, 15alongG5037 withG5037 a largeG4183 numberG4128 of the 16God-fearingG4576 17GreeksG1672 and 18a significantG3756G3641 numberG3756G3641 of the 19leadingG4413 womenG1135. 5But 20the JewsG2453, becomingG2206 jealousG2206 and takingG4355 alongG4355 someG5100 wickedG4190 menG435 from the marketplaceG60, formedG3792 aG3792 mobG3792 and setG2350 the cityG4172 inG2350 anG2350 uproarG2350; and they attackedG2186 the houseG3614 of 21JasonG2394 and were seekingG2212 to bringG4254 them outG4254 to the peopleG1218. 6When they did not findG2147 them, they began 22draggingG4951 JasonG2394 and someG5100 brothersG80 beforeG1909 the cityG4173 authoritiesG4173, shoutingG994, “TheseG3778 menG3778 who have upsetG387 2324the worldG3625 have comeG3918 hereG1759 alsoG2532; 725and JasonG2394 26has welcomedG5264 them, and they allG3956 actG4238 27contraryG561 to the decreesG1378 of CaesarG2541, sayingG3004 that there is anotherG2087 kingG935, JesusG2424.” 8They stirredG5015 up the crowdG3793 and the cityG4173 authoritiesG4173 who heardG191 theseG3778 thingsG3778. 9And when they had receivedG2983 a 28pledgeG2425 from 29JasonG2394 and the othersG3062, they releasedG630 them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 17:1 Acts 17:11, 13; 20:4; 27:2; Phil 4:16; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1; 2 Tim 4:10 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 17:2 Acts 9:20; 17:10, 17 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 17:2 Lit entered to them ↩
  4. 4. Acts 17:2 Acts 13:14 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 17:2 Acts 8:35 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 17:3 Lit opening ↩
  7. 7. Acts 17:3 Lit placing before ↩
  8. 8. Acts 17:3 I.e., Messiah ↩
  9. 9. Acts 17:3 Acts 3:18 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 17:3 John 20:9 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 17:3 Acts 9:22; 18:5, 28 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 17:3 I.e., Messiah ↩
  13. 13. Acts 17:4 Acts 14:4 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 17:4 Acts 15:22, 40; 17:10, 14f ↩
  15. 15. Acts 17:4 Lit and a large ↩
  16. 16. Acts 17:4 Acts 13:43; 17:17 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 17:4 John 7:35 ↩
  18. 18. Acts 17:4 Lit not a few ↩
  19. 19. Acts 17:4 Acts 13:50 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 17:5 Acts 17:13; 1 Thess 2:14ff ↩
  21. 21. Acts 17:5 Acts 17:6, 7, 9; Rom 16:21 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 17:6 Acts 16:19f ↩
  23. 23. Acts 17:6 Lit the inhabited earth ↩
  24. 24. Acts 17:6 Matt 24:14; Acts 17:31 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 17:7 Lit whom Jason has welcomed ↩
  26. 26. Acts 17:7 Luke 10:38; James 2:25 ↩
  27. 27. Acts 17:7 Luke 23:2 ↩
  28. 28. Acts 17:9 Or bond ↩
  29. 29. Acts 17:9 Acts 17:5 ↩

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