Acts 17:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Moved

And set

Acts 19:24

Jason

Acts 17:7

Romans 16:21

General references

Mark 6:10

Acts 14:2

Acts 28:24

Bible References

Moved

But, when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that God's Message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.

The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,

But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul's statements in violent language.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Brethren.

While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor's Bench,

For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him.

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

Feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the Kingdom of God.

Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks--'Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?'

And set

A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver models of the shrine of Artemis, and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans,

Jason

And have been harbored by Jason! They say that some one else is king--a man called Jesus!"

Timothy, my fellow-worker, sends you his greetings, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, send theirs.

General references

"Whenever you go to stay at a house," he said, "remain there till you leave that place;

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Brethren.

Some were inclined to accept what he said; others, however, rejected it.