Acts 17 · Verse 9

Acts 17:9

And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

Acts 17:9, King James Version

Acts 17:9 in other translations

BSB	And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.
WEB	When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
ASV	And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
YLT	and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
DARBY	And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
BBE	And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
Webster	And when they had taken security of Jason and of the other, they let them go.

What does Acts 17:9 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 9. And when they had taken security of Jason. This is an expression taken from courts, and means that Jason and the other gave satisfaction to the magistrates for the good conduct of Paul and Silas, and became responsible for it. Whether it was by depositing a sum of money, and by thus giving bail, is not quite Clear. The sense is, that they did it in accordance with the Roman usages, and gave sufficient security for the good conduct of Paul and Silas. Heuman supposes that the pledge given was, that they should leave the city. Michaelis thinks that they gave a pledge that they would no more harbour them; but that if they returned again to them, they would deliver them to the magistrates.

And of the other. The other brethren Acts 17:6 who had been drawn to the rulers of the city.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 Taken security - Λαβοντες το ἱκανον, Having taken what was sufficient, or satisfactory. Sufficient for the present, to prove that the apostles were upright, peaceable, and loyal men; and that Jason and his friends were the like, and would be, at any time, forthcoming to answer for their conduct. Perhaps this is the sense of the phrase in the text.

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 17:9 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.

καὶkaiAndG2532

λαβόντεςlabonteshaving takenG2983

τὸto<the>G3588

ἱκανὸνhikanonsecurityG2425

παρὰparafromG3844

τοῦtou<the>G3588

ἸάσονοςIasonosJasonG2394

καὶkaiandG2532

τῶνtōntheG3588

λοιπῶνloipōnrestG3062

ἀπέλυσανapelusanthey let goG630

αὐτούς.¶autousthem.G846

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

Cross references for Acts 17:9

Acts 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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Context

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.
Acts 17:10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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Acts 17:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mas recibida satisfacción de Jasón y de los demás, los soltaron.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et après avoir reçu caution de Jason et des autres, ils les relâchèrent.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und nachdem sie von Jason und den übrigen Bürgschaft genommen hatten, entließen sie dieselben.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et accepta satisfactione a Jasone et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.