Acts 17:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then they troubled the people, and the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.

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  • Matt 2:3 : 3 When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.
  • John 11:48 : 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.

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  • Acts 17:5-7
    3 verses
    87%

    5But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine vagabonds and wicked felowes, and whe they had assembled the multitude, they made a tumult in the citie, and made assault against the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

    6But when they found them not, they drew Iason & certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are,

    7Whom Iason hath receiued, and these all doe against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.

  • Acts 16:19-23
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    83%

    19Nowe when her masters sawe that the hope of their gaine was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drewe them into the market place vnto the Magistrates,

    20And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie,

    21And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.

    22The people also rose vp together against them, and the gouernours rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

    23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

  • Acts 17:9-10
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    81%

    9Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.

    10And the brethren immediatly sent away Paul and Silas by night vnto Berea, which when they were come thither, entred into ye Synagogue of the Iewes.

  • Acts 17:13
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    13But when the Iewes of Thessalonica knewe, that the woord of God was also preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, & mooued the people.

  • Acts 16:38-39
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    75%

    38And the sergeants tolde these woordes vnto the gouernours, who feared whe they heard that they were Romanes.

    39Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12Thus they mooued the people & the Elders, and the Scribes: and running vpon him, caught him, and brought him to the Councill,

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    28Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

    29And the whole citie was full of confusion, and they rushed into the common place with one assent, and caught Gaius, and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and Pauls companions of his iourney.

  • Acts 21:30-31
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    30Then all the citie was moued, and the people ran together: and they tooke Paul and drewe him out of the Temple, and forth with the doores were shut.

    31But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.

  • Acts 19:32-33
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    32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assemblie was out of order, and the more part knewe not wherefore they were come together.

    33And some of the company drew foorth Alexander, the Iewes thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hande, and woulde haue excused the matter to the people.

  • Acts 4:2
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    2Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    12Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seate,

    13Saying, This fellow persuadeth me to worship God otherwise then the Lawe appointeth.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are euen in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes sedition, for as much as there is no cause, whereby we may giue a reason of this concourse of people.

  • Acts 14:4-6
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    72%

    4But the multitude of the city was deuided: and some were with the Iewes, and some with the Apostles.

    5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and of the Iewes with their rulers, to doe them violence, and to stone them,

    6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,

  • Acts 5:24
    72%

    24Then when the chiefe Priest, and the captaine of the Temple, and the hie Priestes heard these things, they doubted of them, whereunto this would growe.

  • Matt 2:3
    71%

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

  • Acts 19:23
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    23And the same time there arose no small trouble about that way.

  • Acts 24:12
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    12And they neither found mee in the Temple disputing with any man, neither making vproare among the people, neither in the Synagogues, nor in the citie.

  • Luke 23:2
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    2And they began to accuse him, saying, We haue found this man peruerting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar, saying, That he is Christ a King.

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)

    19And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

  • Acts 22:23
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    23And as they cried & cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire,

  • Acts 13:50
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    50But the Iewes stirred certaine deuout & honourable women, and the chiefe men of the citie, and raised persecution against Paul & Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coastes.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37For yee haue brought hither these men, which haue neither committed sacrilege, neither doe blaspheme your goddesse.

  • Acts 14:2
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    2And the vnbeleeuing Iewes stirred vp, and corrupted the mindes of the Gentiles against the brethren.

  • Acts 24:7
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    7But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,

  • Acts 21:34
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    34And one cryed this, another that, among the people. So when he could not know the certeintie for the tumult, he commaunded him to be led into the castell.

  • Acts 21:27-28
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    27And when the seuen dayes were almost ended, the Iewes which were of Asia (when they sawe him in the Temple) moued all the people, and laide hands on him,

    28Crying, Men of Israel, helpe: this is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people, and the Lawe, and this place: moreouer, he hath brought Grecians into the Temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  • Acts 16:35
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    35And when it was day, the gouernours sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men goe.

  • Acts 7:57
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    57Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce, and stopped their eares, and ranne vpon him violently all at once,

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,

  • Acts 19:17
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    17And this was knowen to all the Iewes and Grecians also, which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, and the Name of the Lord Iesus was magnified,

  • Acts 4:27
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    27For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

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    16And hee draue them from the iudgement seate.