KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 17:8–9
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Acts 17:8
8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
8And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the citie, when they heard these things.
Acts 17:9
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
9And when they had taken securitie of Iason, and of the other, they let them goe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 17:8
Disturbed, distressed, afflicted, agitated, or perplexed; the past form of trouble.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who govern, direct, or exercise authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 17:9
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Safety, protection, assurance, a pledge, or something given to guarantee an obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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Open the full verse study3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study5¶ 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.
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