Act 17:8 | JFB | STEP | 5-9. the Jews ... moved with envy-- seeing their influence undermined by this stranger. lewd fellows of the baser sort-- better, perhaps, "worthless market people," that is, idle loungers about the market-place, of indifferent character. gathered a company-- rather, "having raised a mob." assaulted the house of Jason-- with whom Paul and Silas abode ( ), one of Paul's kinsmen, apparently ( ), and from his name, which was sometimes used as a Greek form of the word Joshua [Grotius], probably a Hellenistic Jew. sought to bring them-- Jason's lodgers.

‏ Acts 17:8

5-9. the Jews ... moved with envy--seeing their influence undermined by this stranger.

lewd fellows of the baser sort--better, perhaps, "worthless market people," that is, idle loungers about the market-place, of indifferent character.

gathered a company--rather, "having raised a mob."

assaulted the house of Jason--with whom Paul and Silas abode (Ac 17:7), one of Paul's kinsmen, apparently (Ro 16:21), and from his name, which was sometimes used as a Greek form of the word Joshua [Grotius], probably a Hellenistic Jew.

sought to bring them--Jason's lodgers.