Bible Strands
Acts 17:6
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The hostile mob, acting on jealousy from Acts 17:5, drags Jason and other believers before the city officials to level public accusations against Paul and Silas. This confrontation occurs during a sudden uproar in Thessalonica after the crowd fails to locate the missionaries in Jason’s house.
The words — The Greek ἔσυρον (esuron) denotes the active, forceful dragging of Jason and others before the authorities. The negative μὴ (mē) paired with εὑρόντες (heurontes) establishes the causal condition that their failure to find Paul and Silas directly triggered this violent escalation.
The thread — The charge of global disruption echoes Acts 24:5, where Paul is labeled a pestilence stirring dissension everywhere, and mirrors the physical seizure in Acts 16:19. The accusation of rival kingship parallels the broader early church conflict documented in Acts 28:22.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that public hostility arises when a movement challenges established political and religious authorities. It requires the reader to confront the cost of sheltering those who proclaim a kingdom outside state control.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And 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;
Cross-references
- Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 16:19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- Acts 28:22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- Luke 23:5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
- Acts 21:28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
- Jeremiah 38:2 “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
- Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Acts 6:12 So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
- Acts 18:12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.