And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and also a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.

But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason’s house, they were looking for them to bring them[a] out to the popular assembly. And when they[b] did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world[c] have come here also,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:5 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Acts 17:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“find”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 17:6 Or “empire”