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Acts 17:8 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.Acts 17:8 · King James Version
Acts 17:8 in context
6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- troubledtarassōto agitate, trouble , to cause one inward commotion, take away his calmness of mind…G5015 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- citypolitarchēsa ruler of a city or citizensG4173 →
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Paul's two epistles to the Thessalonians, the first two he wrote by inspiration, give such a shining character of that church, that we cannot but be glad here in the history to meet with an account of the first founding of the church there. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9