Acts 17:8

8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

Acts 17:8 in Other Translations

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

8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.

8 The people of the city, as well as the city council, were thrown into turmoil by these reports.

8 The city fathers and the crowd of people were totally alarmed by what they heard.

8 The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

Acts 17:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:8

And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city,
&c.] Fearing some revolution would be made, and some new king, or rather tyrant, would start up, and usurp a power over them; or that they should come under some suspicion or charge with the Roman government, and should be called to an account, for admitting such men and tenets among them; with such fears were they possessed,

when they heard these things;
alleged against the apostle and his company.

Acts 17:8 In-Context

6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here,

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

8 When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

9 Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.