Acts 17:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ and Jason has entertained them as guests. They are all acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor, saying that there is another king named Jesus.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And Jason has received them to his house and privately protected them! And they are all ignoring and acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, [actually] asserting that there is another king, one Jesus!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Common English Bible

⁷ What is more, Jason has welcomed them into his home. Every one of them does what is contrary to Caesar’s decrees by naming someone else as king: Jesus.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ and Jason has received them. And all these men act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

Acts 17:7 Cross References

Daniel 3:12

There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men pay no heed to you, O king. They do not serve your gods, and they do not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

Daniel 6:13

Then they responded to the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the interdict you have signed, but he is saying his prayers three times a day.”

Luke 10:38

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

John 19:12

From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against Caesar.”

Acts 16:21

and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us, being Romans, to adopt or observe.”

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous, and with the help of some ruffians in the marketplaces they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. While they were searching for Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly, they attacked Jason’s house.

Acts 17:8

The people and the city officials were disturbed when they heard this,

James 2:25

Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another road?

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.