Acts of the Apostles 17:6

In context

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, 7and Jason has taken them in. They all defy Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king, Jesus.” 8The crowd and the magistrates were disturbed at hearing this,