17Now after they^* traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ²And as was his custom,^a Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath days he discussed with them from the scriptures, ³explaining and demonstrating that it was necessary for the Christ^b to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”^c ⁴And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and also a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.

⁵But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason’s house, they were looking for them to bring them^* out to the popular assembly. ⁶And when they^* did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world^d have come here also, ⁷whom Jason has entertained as guests! And these people are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Jesus!” ⁸And they threw the crowd into confusion, and the city officials who heard these things. ⁹And after^* taking money as security from Jason and the rest, they released them.

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Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“traveled through”) which is understood as temporal
aLiterally “and in accordance with what he was accustomed to”
bOr “Messiah”
cOr “Messiah”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“find”) which is understood as temporal
dOr “empire”
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking”) which is understood as temporal