Acts 17 · Verse 8

Acts 17:8

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Acts 17:8, King James Version

Acts 17:8 in other translations

BSB	On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
WEB	The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
ASV	And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
YLT	And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
DARBY	And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
BBE	And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
Webster	And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

What does Acts 17:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 17:5-9

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…

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 8. And they troubled the people. They excited the people to commotion and alarm. The rulers feared the tumult that was excited, and the people feared the Romans, when they heard the charge that there were rebels against the government in their city. It does not appear, that there was a disposition in the rulers or the people to persecute the apostles; but they were excited and alarmed by the representations of the Jews, and by the mob that they had collected.

(+) "troubled" "alarmed" (f) "the people" Mt 2:3, Jn 11:48

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers - It is evident that there was no disposition in either the people or the rulers to persecute the apostles. But these wicked Jews, by means of the unprincipled, wicked lawyers, those lewd fellows of the baser sort, threw the subject into the form of law, making it a state question, in which form the rulers were obliged to notice it; but they showed their unwillingness to proceed in a matter which they saw proceeded from malice, by letting Jason and his companions go off on bail.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 17:1-9

The drift and scope of Paul's preaching and arguing, was to prove that Jesus is the Christ. He must needs suffer for us, because he could not otherwise purchase our redemption for us; and he must needs have risen again, because he could not otherwise apply the redemption to us. We are to preach concerning Jesus that he is Christ; therefore we may hope to be saved by him, and are bound to be ruled by him. The…

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Acts 17:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐτάραξανetaraxanThey stirred upG5015

δὲdethenG1161

τὸνtontheG3588

ὄχλονochloncrowdG3793

καὶkaiandG2532

τοὺςtoustheG3588

πολιτάρχαςpolitarchascity authoritiesG4173

ἀκούονταςakouontashearingG191

ταῦτα·tautathese things;G3778

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 17:8

John 11:48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mt 2:3; Joh 11:48

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts 17:8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Acts 17:9
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

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Acts 17:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y alborotaron al pueblo y á los gobernadores de la ciudad, oyendo estas cosas.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et la foule et les magistrats de la ville, qui entendaient ces choses, furent troublés.
German Elberfelder 1871	Sie beunruhigten aber die Volksmenge und die Obersten der Stadt, als sie dies hörten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Concitaverunt autem plebem et principes civitatis audientes hæc.