Acts 17:1-9 - Attacked By A Mob In Thessalonica

¹ Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue, ² and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, ³ explaining and quoting passages to prove that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise again from the dead and that "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming unto you is the Messiah." ⁴ Some were persuaded and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including a number of devout Greeks, and a large number of the leading women.

⁵ But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill-favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. ⁶ And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also. ⁷ "Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus." ⁸ Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this, ⁹ but when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.