Acts 17:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man named Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.

Cross References

Galatians 5:26

We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews in Thessalonica heard that Paul had preached the word of God in Berea also, they came there and started exciting and stirring up the mobs.

Galatians 5:21

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

Romans 16:21

Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings; and so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, fellow Jews.

Acts 17:7

and Jason has kept them in his house. They are all breaking the laws of the Emperor, saying that there is another king, whose name is Jesus.”

Acts 14:2

But the Jews who would not believe stirred up the Gentiles and turned them against the believers.

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?

Acts 19:40

For after what has happened today, there is the danger that we will be accused of a riot. There is no excuse for all this uproar, and we would not be able to give a good reason for it.”

Acts 18:12

When Gallio was made the Roman governor of Achaia, Jews there got together, seized Paul, and took him into court.

Acts 14:19

Some Jews came from Antioch in Pisidia and from Iconium; they won the crowds over to their side, stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

Matthew 27:18

He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant, and with this money he hired a bunch of worthless scoundrels to join him.

James 4:5

Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, “The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires.”

Acts 7:9

“Jacob's sons became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

Proverbs 14:30

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Psalm 69:12

They talk about me in the streets, and drunkards make up songs about me.

Psalm 35:15

But when I was in trouble, they were all glad and gathered around to make fun of me; strangers beat me and kept striking me.

Isaiah 26:11

Your enemies do not know that you will punish them. Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer; let them suffer the punishment you have prepared. Show them how much you love your people.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city authorities and shouted, “These men have caused trouble everywhere! Now they have come to our city,

Acts 17:9

The authorities made Jason and the others pay the required amount of money to be released, and then let them go.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.