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


In Context

4 And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

5 But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

6 and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

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

8 And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

9 And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Acts 17:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:7and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:7Whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:7whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:7whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another king, one Jesus.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:7whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:7Whom Jason has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.