And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
1. The riffraff trouble-makers stirred up the crowd and the political leaders of the city.
2. The leaders were caught between the crowd and their legal responsibility.
Verse Acts 17:8. _AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE AND THE RULERS_] It is evident that there was no disposition in either the people or the rulers to persecute the apostles. But these wicked Jews, by mea...
AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE - They excited the people to commotion and alarm. The rulers feared the tumult that was excited, and the people feared the Romans, when they heard the charge that there we...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1)._ 2. The Gospel in Beroea (Acts 17:10). 3. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:15). Three cities in which the Gospel is next preached are before us in thi...
THESSALONICA (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:2). From Philippi to Amphipolis is a distance of 30 miles, from Amphipolis to Apollonia 29, from Apollonia to Thessalonica 35 miles, all on the _Via Egnatia_ whic...
When they had taken the road through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Paul, as his custom was, went in to them and, for three Sabbaths, he d...
IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
TROUBLED. Greek. _tarasso._ See note on John 5:4. PEOPLE. crowd. Greek. _ochlos._...
_And they troubled the people_ i.e. spread alarm among them at the prospect of insurrection, and made them eager to punish the Apostles....
Acts 17:1-9. PAUL AND SILAS JOURNEY TROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA TO THESSALONICA, WHERE SOME OF THE JEWS RAISE AN UPROAR AGAINST THEM AND JASON THEIR HOST...
ἘΤΆΡΑΞΑΝ ΔῈ ΤῸΝ ὌΧΛΟΝ, _and they troubled the people_, with language like this, which seemed to speak of insurrection. Thus the mob would be made eager for the punishment of the Apostles....
_PAUL PREACHED CHRIST AT THESSALONICA ACTS 17:1-9:_ Paul and his co-workers left Philippi and journeyed to Thessalonica. Their journey carried then through Amphipolis and Apollonia. When they visited...
ΈΤΆΡΑΞΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΑΡΆΣΣΩ (G5015) возмущать, смущать, беспокоить, ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, прислушиваться....
PASSING THROUGH THE CITIES OF AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA. Acts 17:1 a. Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, ACTS 17:1 A For a brief description of these towns you are...
See notes on verse 5...
_AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE AND THE RULERS OF THE CITY, WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1 Luke seems to have remained behind at Philippi, for the narrative now proceeds in the third person. Timothy also tarried, for no one was more genuinely solicitous of the welfare of the infant eccles...
17:8 politarchs (f-8) The special title of the city magistrates of Thessalonica....
SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa. 1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi. APOLLONIA] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis. THESSALONICA] now Salonika, was the capital of the provin...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 PAUL AND SILAS GO TO THESSALONICA, 17:1-4 V1 Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to Thessalonica. There was...
CHAPTER 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
ἐτάραξαν : the people would be disturbed at intelligence which might point to a revolution, and the politarchs, lest they should themselves be liable to the same charge of treason for not defending th...
PERSECUTION SPREADS THE TRUTH Acts 17:1 _ Thessalonica._ Slowly Paul made his way among the great cities of Greece. He was sowing seeds of which others would reap the harvest. His one theme was the _...
At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapid...
Preaching in Thessalonica Luke did not tell Theophilus why Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia. He did explain that the next stop on this second missionary tour was Thessalonica, where there...
Meanwhile the unbelieving Jews, mad and jealous of the Gentiles, run round and stir up the uncouth rabble, assault the house of Jason where the apostles were lodging, aiming to kill them, but the Lord...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: (2) And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reas...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 8._They raised the multitude. _We see how unjustly the holy men were handled. Because they had no place granted them to defend themselves, it was an easy matter to oppress them, though they were gui...
In the last case it was the power exercised by the enemy over the passions of the Gentiles that caused the persecution of the apostles: at Thessalonica we again find the old and universal enmity of th...
AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE, AND THE RULERS OF THE CITY,.... Fearing some revolution would be made, and some new king, or rather tyrant, would start up, and usurp a power over them; or that they shou...
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. Ver. 8. _And they troubled the people and the rulers_] The devil and his agents, as they are of turbulent spirit...
_And they troubled the people and the rulers_ As the charge was formed in such a manner that their neglecting it might render them obnoxious to the Romans, both the multitude and the magistrates of th...
AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE AND THE RULERS OF THE CITY WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS....
The tumult raised by the Jews:...
From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...
"And they stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things" The ironic thing is that the Jews and their thugs had actually caused more disturbance when they dragged Jason and the o...
1-9 The drift and scope of Paul's preaching and arguing, was to prove that Jesus is the Christ. He must needs suffer for us, because he could not otherwise purchase our redemption for us; and he must...
THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE; hearing something to have been done against the Roman state, under whom they were, and not knowing what it might come to, or how it might be construed. AND THE RULERS; for fe...
Acts 17:8 And G1161 troubled G5015 (G5656) crowd G3793 and G2532 city G4173 heard G191 (G5723) things...
‘And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.' Both the crowds (those who had b...
PAUL'S MINISTRY IN EUROPE AND THEN IN EPHESUS (17:1-19:20). Ministry in Europe (17:1-18:22). Fruitful Ministry in Thessalonica and Berea (17:1-14). Having been requested to leave Philippi, Paul and...
Acts 17:8. AND THEY TROUBLED THE PEOPLE AND THE RULERS OF THE CITY, WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS. It must be remembered that just at this time the Jews, and more particularly the Jewish Christians, we...
THEY TROUBLED THE MULTITUDE AND THE RULERS (εταραξαν τον οχλον κα τους πολιταρχας). First aorist active of ταρασσω, old verb to agitate. The excitement of the multitude "agitated" the politarchs st...
CONTENTS: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon from Mars' hill. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philoso...
Acts 17:1. _When they had passed through Amphipolis._ Boiste adds the Roman name _Emboli._ It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was cal...
BUT THE JEWS WERE JEALOUS. As usual, those who did not believe were filled with hatred. AND ATTACKED THE HOME OF JASON. Paul and Silas had been staying with him (Acts 17:7). TO THE CITY AUTHORITIES. I...
_And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia._ FROM AMPHIPOLIS TO THESSALONICA The beautiful town of Amphipolis lies to the south of a splendid lake under sheltering hills, three miles...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:1 From Philippi Paul traveled the 94 miles (151 km) to Thessalonica, capital of Macedonia. The Philippian church helped him during this time (Philippians 4:16)....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 17:1. THEY.—Paul, Silas, and Timothy, Luke having remained behind at Philippi. (See on Acts 16:40.) PASSED THROUGH.—The road traversed was the _Via Egnatia_, a great military r...
EXPOSITION ACTS 17:1 AMPHIPOLIS. This was the ancient capital of that division of Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12, note. It was situated on the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest f...
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Acts 17:1): Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amph...
John 11:48; Matthew 2:3...