Acts Chapter 17 verse 7 Holy Bible
whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, `one' Jesus.
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Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
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whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.
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Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
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whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
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whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king -- Jesus.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Act for do, A.V. Received; i.e. as the word ὑποδέχομαι always means "received as a guest" (Luke 10:38; Luke 19:6; James 2:25, etc.). Hence the substantive ὑποδοχή, an entertainment or reception. The insinuation is that, by harboring these seditious men, Jason had made himself a partner in their sedition. That there is another king, etc. (comp. John 19:12, 15).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) These all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar.--Thessalonica, though a free city, was yet under the imperial government, and the Jews therefore appeal to the emperor's decree, probably to the edict of Claudius (Acts 18:2), as at least showing the drift of the emperor's policy, even though it was not strictly binding except in Rome and the coloniae. This, however, might prove an insufficient weapon of attack, and therefore they add another charge, to which no magistrate throughout the empire could be indifferent. (See Notes on Luke 23:2; John 19:12.) The preachers were not only bringing in a relligio illicita, but were guilty of treason against the majesty of the empire; they said there was "another King." It is clear from the Epistle to the Thessalonians that the Kingdom of Christ, and specially His second coming as King, had been very prominent in the Apostle's teaching (1Thessalonians 4:14; 1Thessalonians 5:2; 1Thessalonians 5:23; 2Thessalonians 1:7-8; 2Thessalonians 2:1-12), and this may have furnished materials for the accusation. . . .
