Acts 17:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”

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.