Acts 17:5

New English Translation

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

Cross References

Psalm 35:15

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

Psalm 69:12

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

Matthew 27:18

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.

Acts 14:19

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

Acts 14:2

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

Acts 17:6

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

Acts 17:7

and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”

Acts 17:9

After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

Acts 18:12

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

Acts 19:40

For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

Acts 7:9

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 16:21

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

Galatians 5:21

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

James 4:5

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

Judges 9:4

They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.