Acts 17:8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the citie, when they heard these things.
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Acts 17:8
Disturbed, agitated, alarmed, perplexed, afflicted, burdened, unsettled, or caused to suffer inward, bodily, social, or outward disruption.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Persons who govern, direct, or exercise authority.
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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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17:5¶ 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.
17:5¶ But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine lewd fellowes of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the citie on an vprore, and assaulted the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
17:6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
17:6And when they found them not, they drew Iason, and certaine brethren vnto the rulers of the citie, crying, These that haue turned the world vpside downe, are come hither also,
17:7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
17:7Whom Iason hath receiued: and these all doe contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, that there is another King, one Iesus.
17:8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
17:8And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the citie, when they heard these things.
Selected passage17:9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
17:9And when they had taken securitie of Iason, and of the other, they let them goe.