Acts 17:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, 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, O king, pay no heed to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”

Daniel 6:13

Then they answered before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or the interdict you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”

Luke 10:38

Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.”

John 19:12

Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar.”

Acts 16:21

They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

Acts 17:5

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:8

And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

James 2:25

And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.