Acts 17:5

The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the immediate aftermath of Paul and Silas's successful ministry in Thessalonica, when a hostile reaction erupts among certain Jewish residents.

The words — The text uses ζηλώσαντες (zēlōsantes), translated literally as "having become jealous," and προσλαβόμενοι (proslabomenoi), meaning "having taken to [them]."

The thread — This pattern of Jewish opposition following missionary success appears when Jews from Thessalonica pursue Paul to Berea (Acts 17:13), when unbelieving Jews incite Gentile hostility against the early church (Acts 14:2), and in the broader New Testament warning against provoking and envying one another (Galatians 5:26).

Why it lands — The passage documents how successful preaching provokes organized resistance, requiring readers to recognize that opposition is a historical reality accompanying the proclamation of the gospel.

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The Greek words

ΖηλώσαντεςZēlōsantesHaving become jealous δὲdenow οἱhoithe ἀπειθοῦντεςapeithountes[being] disobedient οἱhoi<the>ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiJews καὶkaiand προσλαβόμενοιproslabomenoihaving taken to [them]τῶνtōnof the ἀγοραίωνagoraiōnmarket-loungers ἄνδραςandrasmen τινὰςtinascertain πονηροὺςponērouswicked καὶkaiand ὀχλοποιήσαντεςochlopoiēsanteshaving collected a crowd ἐθορύβουνethorubounthey were setting in uproar τὴνtēnthe πόλιν,polincity,καὶkaiand ἐπιστάντεςepistanteshaving assailed τῇtēathe οἰκίᾳoikiahouse ἸάσονοςIasonosof Jason ἐζήτουνezētounthey were seeking αὐτοὺςautousthem προαγαγεῖνproagageinto bring out εἰςeisto τὸνtonthe δῆμον·dēmonpeople;

King James Version

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Cross-references

Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
Galatians 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Acts 17:7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
Romans 16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
Judges 9:4 So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
Psalms 69:12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Matthew 27:18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

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