Acts 17:1-8

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

²So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

³explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah.”

⁴Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of devout Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.

⁵But the disobedient Jews rounded up some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob they created an uproar in the city; and attacking the house of Jason, they wanted to bring them out to the crowd.

⁶But not finding them they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials vociferating: “These who have upset the whole world have come here too,

⁷to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

⁸Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.