Acts 17:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;

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  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord 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 from you what you think, for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
  • Exod 3:8-9 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.
  • Jer 38:2-4 : 2 Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as a prize, and shall live. 3 Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm.
  • Amos 7:10 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you 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 will be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were even more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here.
  • Acts 6:12-13 : 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
  • Acts 16:19-21 : 19 When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers. 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city, 21 And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.
  • Acts 18:12-13 : 12 And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 saying, 'This man persuades people to worship God contrary to the law.'
  • Acts 21:28-31 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place. 29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30 And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut. 31 And as they went about to kill him, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
  • Acts 22:22-23 : 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live. 23 And as they cried out and threw off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

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    7Jason has welcomed them: and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.

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

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

    10And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea: who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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    4And some of them believed, and joined Paul and Silas; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and many leading women.

    5But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

  • Acts 16:19-23
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    19When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.

    20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,

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    22Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

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

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    32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and most did not know why they had come together.

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    38And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

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

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

    30And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

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

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    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:

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    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the people, crying out

    15And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

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    20And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

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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 when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

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    35When it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, Let those men go.