Acts 17:2–9

²As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,^a and on three Sabbath^b days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^{c 3}explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer^d and rise from the dead.^e “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”^f he said. ⁴Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,^g as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

⁵But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.^h They rushed to Jason’sⁱ house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.^{a 6}But when they did not find them, they dragged^j Jason and some other believers^k before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world^l have now come here,^{m 7}and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”^{n 8}When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. ⁹Then they made Jason^o and the others post bond and let them go.