Acts 17:8
They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
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- Matt 2:3 : 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- John 11:48 : 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”
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- Acts 17:5-73 verses87%
5But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
7and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”
- Acts 16:19-235 verses83%
19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
- Acts 17:9-102 verses81%
9After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
10Paul and Silas at Berea The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
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13But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
- Acts 16:38-392 verses75%
38The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
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12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses74%
28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
- Acts 21:30-312 verses73%
30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
- Acts 19:32-332 verses73%
32So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.
33Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.
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2angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
- Acts 18:12-132 verses72%
12Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
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40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
- Acts 14:4-63 verses72%
4But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
5When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
6Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
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24Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.
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3When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
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23At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
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12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
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2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”
- Acts 17:18-192 verses71%
18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
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23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
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50But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
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37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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34But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.
- Acts 21:27-282 verses70%
27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
28shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”
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35At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”
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57But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
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15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
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17This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
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27“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
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16Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.