“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.”
But the Jews who were not persuaded became jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city — The Greek jealousy (zēloō) motivated by exclusion, combined with Luke's noting of the rougher elements mobilized, suggests both theological offense and social upheaval. The word-roots reveal envy at the gospel's success, not mere doctrinal dispute.
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