When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him — jealousy (zēlos) reveals the apostles' competitive threat to established Jewish authority in the city. The transition from welcome to hostility illustrates the pattern of Jewish rejection that will recur throughout Acts: initial openness yields to institutional opposition when Christian claims appear to undermine Jewish prestige.

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