Acts 17:1–9

Paul at Thessalonica

¹Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ^aThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

²And ^aaccording to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three ^bSabbaths reasoned with them from ^cthe Scriptures,

³¹explaining and ²giving evidence that the ³Christ ^ahad to suffer and ^brise again from the dead, and saying, “^cThis Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

^4aAnd some of them were persuaded and joined ^bPaul and Silas, ¹along with a large number of the ^cGod-fearing ^dGreeks and ²a number of the ^eleading women.

⁵But ^athe Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of ^bJason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

⁶When they did not find them, they began ^adragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset ^1bthe world have come here also;

⁷¹and Jason ^ahas welcomed them, and they all act ^bcontrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”

⁸They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

⁹And when they had received a ¹pledge from ^aJason and the others, they released them.