Acts 17:8

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They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

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  • Matt 2:3 : 3 When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • John 11:48 : 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.

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  • Acts 17:5-7
    3 verses
    87%

    5 But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.

    6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'

    7 And Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.

  • Acts 16:19-23
    5 verses
    83%

    19 When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

    20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

    21 'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'

    22 The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

    23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Acts 17:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9 After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

    10 Immediately, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. Upon arriving, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 17:13
    79%

    13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

  • Acts 16:38-39
    2 verses
    75%

    38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

    39 So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 6:12
    74%

    12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 19:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 21:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

  • Acts 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

    33 The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd gave instructions to him. Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the assembly.

  • Acts 4:2
    72%

    2 They were greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

  • Acts 14:18
    72%

    18 Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 5:27
    72%

    27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

  • Acts 18:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

    13 They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 19:40
    72%

    40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting over today’s events, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." Having said this, he dismissed the assembly.

  • Acts 14:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.

    5 When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

    6 Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

  • Acts 5:24
    72%

    24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this, they wondered what this might lead to.

  • Matt 2:3
    71%

    3 When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Acts 19:23
    71%

    23 During that time, a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.

  • Acts 24:12
    71%

    12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city.

  • Luke 23:2
    71%

    2 They began to accuse Him, saying, 'We found this man misleading our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a King.'

  • Acts 17:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

    19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

  • Acts 22:23
    71%

    23 As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

  • Acts 13:50
    70%

    50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

  • Acts 19:37
    70%

    37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 14:2
    70%

    2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and turned them against the brothers.

  • Acts 24:7
    70%

    7 But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 21:34
    70%

    34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

  • Acts 21:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    28 Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'

  • Acts 16:35
    70%

    35 When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: 'Release those men.'

  • Acts 7:57
    70%

    57 At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

  • 1 Thess 2:15
    70%

    15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.

  • Acts 19:17
    70%

    17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 4:27
    70%

    27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Acts 18:16
    69%

    16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.