Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with a great many devout Greeks and a good number of the leading women.
In context
2As was his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3opening them up and setting out the proof that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus whom I proclaim to you,” he said, “is the Christ.” 4Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with a great many devout Greeks and a good number of the leading women. 5But the Jews grew jealous. They rounded up some worthless characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They stormed Jason’s house, looking to bring them out to the assembly; 6and when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city magistrates, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,
