Now he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. So they came to him with one purpose, and [after] persuading Blastus, {the king's chamberlain}, they asked for peace, because their country was supported with food from the king's country.

and when he supported them about the time of forty years in the wilderness,

upon this the Gentiles and the Jews, supported by their magistrates, made an insurrection in order to use violence against them, and even to stone them:

And Judas and Silas, they also being prophets, through much speech consoled the brethren, and supported.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.

And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.