Acts 17:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

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  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.
  • Exod 3:8-9 : 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.
  • Jer 38:2-4 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah, He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live. 3 Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 4 Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
  • Amos 7:10 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
  • Matt 24:14 : 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
  • Acts 6:12-13 : 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Acts 16:19-21 : 19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers, 20 and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
  • Acts 18:12-13 : 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13 saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
  • Acts 21:28-31 : 28 crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place. 29 For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. 30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut. 31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
  • Acts 22:22-23 : 22 And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air,

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    7whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.

    8And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

    9And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

    10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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    4And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

    5But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

  • Acts 16:19-23
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    19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

    20and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

    21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.

    22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

    23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

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    13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

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    28And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesus.

    29And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.

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    12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

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    32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

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    5And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

    6they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

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    2But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

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    37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

    38And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;

    39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

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    5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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    37For ye have brought [hither] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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    27And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

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    29For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

    30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut.

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    18And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

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    12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

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    15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

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    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out

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    12and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.

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    20But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

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    50But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.

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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

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    22But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

    23saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

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    7(Ommitted)

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    4They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.

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    26And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:

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    35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.